Abstract:
Carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) are the two most important elements in the terrestrial ecosystems,and they are highly coupled and affect the global environment through biogeochemical processes.Wetland ecosystem is an important terrestrial C sink,and accumulates a large amount of soil organic C.The increase of soil N availability caused by atmospheric N deposition and human activities may seriously affect the C and N cycling processes in wetland ecosystems.However,the effects of different inorganic N forms on wetland soil CO
2 and N
2O emissions are still not clear.In this study,we selected the seasonal flooded wetland with
Deyeuxia angustifolia and paddy soils at 0-10 cm and 10-20 cm depths to examine the effects of different ratios of NH
4+-N/NO
3--N addition (1∶0,3∶1,1∶1,1∶3 and 0∶1,i.e.T1,T2,T3,T4 and T5) on CO
2 and N
2O emissions in the Sanjiang Plain.The results showed that CO
2 emissions significantly decreased after different ratios of NH
4+-N/NO
3--N additions.Compared with the control,the CO
2 emissions decreased by 25.6% (T1)~51.0% (T5) and 21.2% (T3)~42.6% (T4) in the 0-10 cm depth soils,and 4.39% (T3)~34.5%(T5) and 20.4%(T1)~33.2% (T4) in the 10-20 cm depth soils,respectively.The CO
2 emission decreased with the increment of NO
3--N addition.N
2O emissions in different depths of wetland soil had no obvious change after varied NH
4+-N/NO
3--N addition,while significantly increased in the paddy soil (except T5 treatment).The microbial biomass C of wetland and paddy soil showed different characteristics with different inorganic N addition treatments and soil layers at the end of the incubation experiment.Our results indicated that managing inorganic N fertilizers would increase the soil C sequestration and decrease the emissions of N
2O in wetlands,which will help to slow down the global warming process.