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2013 (English)In: Plant and Soil, ISSN 0032-079X, E-ISSN 1573-5036, Vol. 367, no 1-2, p. 149-162Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Background and Aims Soil phosphorus (P) composition changes with ecosystem development, leading to changes in P bioavailability and ecosystem properties. Little is known, however, about how soil P transformations proceed with ecosystem development in boreal regions.
Methods We used 1-dimensional 31P and 2-dimensional 1H, 31P correlation nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to characterise soil organic P transformations in humus horizons across a 7,800 year-old chronosequence in Västerbotten, northern Sweden.
Results Total soil P concentration varied little along the chronosequence, but P compounds followed three trends. Firstly, the concentrations of DNA, 2-aminoethyl phosphonic acid, and polyphosphate, increased up to 1,200–2,700 years and then declined. Secondly, the abundances of α– and β—glycerophosphate, nucleotides, and pyrophosphate, were higher at the youngest site compared with all other sites. Lastly, concentrations of inositol hexakisphosphate fluctuated with site age. The largest changes in soil P composition tended to occur in young sites which also experience the largest shifts in plant community composition.
Conclusions The apparent lack of change in total soil P is consistent with the youth and nitrogen limited nature of the Västerbotten chronosequence. Based on 2D NMR spectra, around 40 % of extractable soil organic P appeared to occur in live microbial cells. The observed trends in soil organic P may be related to shifts in plant community composition (and associated changes in soil microorganisms) along the studied chronosequence, but further studies are needed to confirm this.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Dordrecht: Springer, 2013
Keywords
Podzolization, 1D 31P NMR, 2D 1H, 31P correlation NMR, Inositol hexakisphosphate, Ribonucleic acid (RNA), Västerbotten chronosequence
National Category
Chemical Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-71214 (URN)10.1007/s11104-013-1731-z (DOI)000319771700010 ()
2013-05-232013-05-232018-06-08Bibliographically approved