Biochar stability in soil: Decomposition during eight years and transformation as assessed by compound-specific 14C analysis

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 229-236

  Kuzyakov, Yakov ^a   Bogomolova, Irina ^a   Glaser, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzenepolycarboxylic acids; Black carbon utilization; Carbon sequestration; Dissolved organic matter; Inert pools; Lipid decomposition rates; Microbial biomass; Polysaccharides; Pyrogenic carbon; Soil organic matter turnover

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; FOSSIL FUELS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SOILS;

BLACK CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION RATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; INERT POOLS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER TURNOVER;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLACK CARBON; CARBON FLUX; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COMBUSTION; CONDENSATION; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FOSSIL FUEL; FRACTIONATION; LIPID; POLYSACCHARIDE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION;

EID: 84892868426     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.12.021     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Abiven S., Hengartner P., Schneider M.P.W., Singh N., Schmidt M.W.I. Pyrogenic carbon soluble fraction is larger and more aromatic in aged charcoal than in fresh charcoal. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 2011, 43:1615-1617.
2. Amelung W., Cheshire M.V., Guggenberger G. Determination of neutral and acidic sugars in soil by capillary gas-liquid chromatography after trifluoroacetic acid hydrolysis. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 1996, 28:1631-1639.
3. 13C-PLFA analysis. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 2013, 67:31-40.
4. Ballentine D.C., Macko S.A., Turekian V.C. Variability of stable carbon isotopic compositions in individual fatty acids from combustion of C4 and C3 plants: implications for biomass burning. Chemical Geology 1998, 152:151-161.
5. Blagodatskaya E.V., Blagodatsky S.A., Anderson T.-H., Kuzyakov Y. Contrasting effects of glucose, living roots and maize straw on microbial growth kinetics and substrate availability in soil. European Journal of Soil Science 2009, 60:186-197.
6. 2 efflux from soil to evaluate mechanisms of priming effects. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 2011, 43:778-786.
7. Brodowski S., Amelung W., Haumaier L., Abetz C., Zech W. Morphological and chemical properties of black carbon in physical soil fractions as revealed by scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Geoderma 2005, 128:116-129.
8. Chatterjee S., Santos F., Abiven S., Itin B., Stark R.E., Bird J.A. Elucidating the chemical structure of pyrogenic organic matter by combining magnetic resonance, mid-infrared spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Organic Geochemistry 2012, 51:35-44.
9. Cheng C.H., Lehmann J., Engelhard M.H. Natural oxidation of black carbon in soils: changes in molecular form and surface charge along a climosequence. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2008, 72:1598-1610.
10. Cheng C.H., Lehmann J., Thies J.E., Burton S.D. Stability of black carbon in soils across a climatic gradient. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences 2008, 113:G02027.
11. Dai X., Boutton T.W., Glaser B., Ansley R.J., Zech W. Black carbon in a temperate mixed-grass savanna. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 2005, 37:1879-1881.
12. Derrien D., Amelung W. Computing the mean residence time of soil carbon fractions using stable isotopes: impacts of the model framework. European Journal of Soil Science 2011, 62:237-252.
13. Dittmar T., de Rezende C.E., Manecki M., Niggemann J., Coelho Ovalle A.R., Stubbins A., Correa Bernardes M. Continuous flux of dissolved black carbon from a vanished tropical forest biome. Nature Geoscience 2012, DOI: 10.1038.
14. Eder E., Spielvogel S., Koelbl A., Albert G., Kogel-Knabner I. Analysis of hydrolysable neutral sugars in mineral soils: improvement of alditol acetylation for gas chromatographic separation and measurement. Organic Geochemistry 2010, 41:580-585.
15. Forbes M.S., Raison R.J., Skjemstad J.O. Formation, transformation and transport of black carbon (charcoal) in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Science of the Total Environment 2006, 370:190-206.
16. Franko U., Crocker G.J., Grace P.R., Klir J., Korschens M., Poulton P.R., Richter D.D. Simulating trends in soil organic carbon in long-term experiments using the CANDY model. Geoderma 1997, 81:109-120.
17. Gavin D.G., Brubaker L.B., Lertzman K.P. Holocene fire history of a coastal temperate rain forest based on soil charcoal radiocarbon dates. Ecology 2003, 84:186-201.
18. Glaser B., Haumaier L., Guggenberger G., Zech W. Black carbon in soils: the use of benzenecarboxylic acids as specific markers. Organic Geochemistry 1998, 29:811-819.
19. Glaser B., Knorr K.-H. Isotopic evidence for condensed aromatics from non-pyrogenic sources in soils - implications for current methods for quantifying soil black carbon. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 2008, 22:935-942.
20. Glaser B., Balashov E., Haumaier L., Guggenberger G., Zech W. Black carbon in density fractions of anthropogenic soils of the Brazilian Amazon region. Organic Geochemistry 2000, 31:669-678.
21. Glaser B., Zech W. Reconstruction of climate and landscape changes in a high mountain lake catchment in the Gorkha Himal, Nepal during the Late Glacial and Holocene as deduced from radiocarbon and compound-specific stable isotope analysis of terrestrial, aquatic and microbial biomarkers. Organic Geochemistry 2005, 36:1086-1098.
22. Glaser B., Haumaier L., Guggenberger G., Zech W. 'Terra Preta' phenomenon: a model for sustainable agriculture in the humid tropics. Naturwissenscahften 2001, 88:37-41.
23. Gleixner G., Poirier N., Bol R., Balesdent J. Molecular dynamics of organic matter in a cultivated soil. Organic Geochemistry 2002, 33:357-366.
24. Hamer U., Marschner B., Brodowski S., Amelung W. Interactive priming of black carbon and glucose mineralization. Organic Geochemistry 2004, 35:823-830.
25. Hammes K., et al. Comparison of quantification methods to measure fire-derived (black/elemental) carbon in soils and sediments using reference materials from soil, water, sediment and the atmosphere. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 2007, 21:GB3016. 10.1029/2006GB002914.
26. Hammes K., Torn M.S., Lapenas A.G., Schmidt M.W.I. Centennial black carbon turnover observed in a Russian steppe soil. Biogeosciences 2008, 5:1339-1350.
27. Hilscher A., Knicker H. Degradation of grass-derived pyrogenic organic material, transport of the residues within a soil column and distribution in soil organic matter fractions during a 28 month microcosm experiment. Organic Geochemistry 2011, 42:42-54.
28. Jaffé R. Global charcoal mobilization from soils via dissolution and riverine transport to the oceans. Science 2013, 340:345-346.
29. Koegel-Knabner I., von Lutzow M., Guggenberger G., Flessa H., Marschner B., Matzner E., Ekschmitt K. Mechanisms and regulation of organic matter stabilisation in soils. Geoderma 2005, 128:1-2.
30. Kuhlbusch T.A.J. Black carbon and the carbon cycle. Science 1998, 280:1903-1904.
31. 2 fluxes?. Biogeosciences 2011, 8:1523-1537.
32. 2 fluxes to cutting of ryegrass. Biology and Fertility of Soils 2002, 35:348-358.
33. 14C labeling. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 2009, 41:210-219.
34. Kuzyakov Y., Hill P.W., Jones D.L. Root exudate components change litter decomposition in a simulated rhizosphere depending on temperature. Plant and Soil 2007, 290:293-305.
35. 14C labeling: experiment, model and significance for paleo-environmental reconstructions. Geoderma 2006, 131:45-58.
36. Leifeld J. Thermal stability of black carbon characterised by oxidative differential scanning calorimetry. Organic Geochemistry 2007, 38:112-127.
37. Masiello C.A., Druffel E.R.M. Black carbon in Deep-Sea sediments. Science 1998, 280:1911-1913.
38. Pausch J., Zhu B., Kuzyakov Y., Cheng W. Plant inter-specific effects on rhizosphere priming of soil organic matter decomposition. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 2013, 57:91-99.
39. Preston C.M., Schmidt M.W.I. Black (pyrogenic) carbon: a synthesis of current knowledge and uncertainties with special consideration of boreal regions. Biogeosciences 2006, 3:397-420.
40. Schimmelpfennig S., Glaser B. One step forward toward characterization: some important material properties to distinguish biochars. Journal of Environmental Quality 2012, 41:1001-1013.
41. Schmidt M.W.I., Noack A.G. Black carbon in soils and sediments: analysis, distribution, implications, and current challenges. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 2000, 14:777-793.
42. Schmidt M.W.I., Skjemstad J.O., Jäger C. Carbon isotope geochemistry and nanomorphology of soil black carbon: black chernozemic soils in central Europe originate from ancient biomass burning. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 2002, 16:1123. 10.1029/2002GB001939.
43. Singh N., Abiven S., Torn M.S., Schmidt M.W.I. Fire-derived organic carbon in soil turns over on a centennial scale. Biogeosciences 2012, 9:2847-2857.
44. Spielvogel S., Prietzel J., Koegel-Knabner I. Changes of lignin phenols and neutral sugars in different soil types of a high-elevation forest ecosystem 25 years after forest dieback. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 2007, 39:655-668.
45. 13C fractionation of recently assimilated carbon in maize. Plant and Soil 2006, 284:319-333.
46. 13C fractionation at the root-microorganisms-soil interface: a review and outlook for partitioning studies. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 2010, 42:1372-1384.
47. Wiesenberg G.L.B., Schwarzbauer J., Schmidt M.W.I., Schwark L. Source and turnover of organic matter in agricultural soils derived from n-alkane/n-carboxylic acid compositions and C-isotope signatures. Organic Geochemistry 2004, 35:1371-1393.