The extent of soil drying and rewetting affects nitrous oxide emissions, denitrification, and nitrogen mineralization

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 194-204

  Guo, Xiaobin ^a   Drury, Craig F ^a   Yang, Xueming ^a   Reynolds, W Daniel ^a   Fan, Ruqin ^a  

^a HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; N MINERALIZATION; NET N MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; SOIL DRYING; SOIL WATER CONTENT; WATER-FILLED PORE SPACE;

DENITRIFICATION; DRYING; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOIL MOISTURE;

MINERALOGY;

DENITRIFICATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MINERALIZATION; NITROUS OXIDE; REWETTING; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL WATER;

EID: 84893249856     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2013.06.0219     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (68)

1. 2O emissions from soils at different water-filled pore space. Biol. Fertil. Soils 41:379-388. doi:10.1007/s00374-005-0858-3
2. 2O production during drying and rewetting of soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 41:611-621. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.12.024
3. Bergsma, T.T., G.P. Robertson, and N.E. Ostrom. 2002. Influence of soil moisture and land use history on denitrification end-products. J. Environ. Qual. 31:711-717. doi:10.2134/jeq2002.0711
4. Borken, W., and E. Matzner. 2009. Reappraisal of drying and wetting effects on C and N mineralization and fluxes in soils. Glob. Change Biol. 15:808-824. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01681.x
5. Cabrera, M.L. 1993. Modeling the flush of nitrogen mineralization caused by drying and rewetting soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 57:63-66. doi:10.2136/sssaj1993.03615995005700010012x
6. 2O? A review. Glob. Change Biol. 13:1-17. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01280.x
7. Chen, Y.T., W. Borken, C.F. Stange, and E. Matzner. 2011. Effect of decreasing water potential on gross ammonification and nitrification in an acid coniferous forest soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 43:333-338. doi:10.1016/j. soilbio.2010.10.020
8. Cho, C.M., D.L. Burton, and C. Chang. 1997. Kinetic formulation of oxygen consumption and denitrification processes in soil. Can. J. Soil Sci. 77:253-260. doi:10.4141/S96-056
9. Chowdhury, N., N. Yan, M. Nazrul Islam, and P. Marschner. 2011. The extent of drying influences the flush of respiration after rewetting in non-saline and saline soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 43:2265-2272. doi:10.1016/j. soilbio.2011.07.013
10. Colbourn, P., and R.J. Dowdell. 1984. Denitrification in field soils. Plant Soil 76:213-226. doi:10.1007/BF02205581
11. Csonka, L.N. 1989. Physiological and genetic responses of bacteria to osmotic stress. Microbiol. Rev. 53:121-147.
12. Davidson, E.A. 1992. Sources of nitric oxide and nitrous oxide following wetting of dry soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 56:95-102. doi:10.2136/sssaj1992. 03615995005600010015x
13. Dendooven, L., P. Splatt, J.M. Anderson, and D. Scholfield. 1994. Kinetics of the denitrification process in a soil under permanent pasture. Soil Biol. Biochem. 28:231-237.
14. Drury, C.F., D.J. McKenney, and W.I. Findlay. 1992. Nitric oxide and nitrous oxide production from soil: Water and oxygen effects. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 56:766-770. doi:10.2136/sssaj1992.03615995005600030015x
15. Drury, C.F., D.D. Myrold, E.G. Beauchamp, and W.D. Reynolds. 2007. Denitrification techniques for soils. In: M.R. Carter and E. G. Gregorich, editors, Soil sampling and methods of analysis. 2nd ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. p. 471-493.
16. 2O emissions and corn grain yields. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 76:1268-1279. doi:10.2136/sssaj2011.0249
17. Drury, C.F., C.S. Tan, W.D. Reynolds, T.W. Welacky, T.O. Oloya, and J.D. Gaynor. 2009. Managing tile drainage, subirrigation and nitrogen fertilization to enhance crop yields and reduce nitrate loss. J. Environ. Qual. 38:1193-1204. doi:10.2134/jeq2008.0036
18. Elmi, A.A., C. Madramootoo, C. Hamel, and A. Liu. 2003. Denitrification and nitrous oxide to nitrous oxide plus dinitrogen ratios in the soil profile under three tillage systems. Biol. Fertil. Soils 38:340-348. doi:10.1007/s00374-003-0663-9
19. Elmi, A.A., T. Astatkie, C. Madramootoo, R. Gordon, and D. Burton. 2005. Assessment of denitrification gaseous end-products in the soil profile under two water table management practices using repeated measures analysis. J. Environ. Qual. 34:446-454. doi:10.2134/jeq2005.0446
20. Fierer, N., and J.P. Schimel. 2002. Effects of drying-rewetting frequency on soil carbon and nitrogen transformations. Soil Biol. Biochem. 34:777-787. doi:10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00007-X
21. Fischer, T. 2009. Substantial rewetting phenomena on soil respiration can be observed at low water availability. Soil Biol. Biochem. 41:1577-1579. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.04.009
22. Garcia-Montiel, D.C., P.A. Steudler, M. Piccolo, C. Neill, J. Melillo, and C.C. Cerri. 2003. Nitrous oxide emissions following wetting of dry soils in forest and pastures in Rondônia, Brazil. Biogeochemistry 64:319-336. doi:10.1023/A:1024968802018
23. Gillam, K.M., B.J. Zebarth, and D.L. Burton. 2008. Nitrous oxide emissions from denitrification and the partitioning of gaseous losses as affected by nitrate and carbon addition and soil aeration. Can. J. Soil Sci. 88:133-143. doi:10.4141/CJSS06005
24. Gordon, H., P.M. Haygarth, and R.D. Bardgett. 2008. Drying and rewetting effects on soil microbial community composition and nutrient leaching. Soil Biol. Biochem. 40:302-311. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.08.008
25. Groffman, P.M., and J.M. Tiedje. 1988. Denitrification hysteresis during wetting and drying cycles in soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 52:1626-1629. doi:10.2136/sssaj1988.03615995005200060022x
26. Guo, X., C.F. Drury, W.D. Reynolds, X.M. Yang, and R. Fan. 2013. Nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions from aerobic and anaerobic incubations: Effect of core length. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 77:817-829. doi:10.2136/sssaj2012. 0292
27. Guo, X., C.F. Drury, X.M. Yang, and R. Zhang. 2010. Influence of constant and fluctuating water contents on nitrous oxide emissions from soils under varying crop rotations. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 74:2077-2085. doi:10.2136/ sssaj2010.0064
28. Hentschel, K., W. Borken, and E. Matzner. 2007. Leaching losses of inorganic N and DOC following repeated drying and rewetting of a spruce forest soil. Plant Soil 300:21-34. doi:10.1007/s11104-007-9385-3
29. Horn, R., H. Taubner, M. Muttke, and T. Baumgartl. 1994. Soil physical properties related to soil structure. Soil Tillage Res. 30:187-216. doi:10.1016/0167-1987(94)90005-1
30. Ilstedt, U., A. Nordgren, and A. Malmer. 2000. Optimum soil water for soil respiration before and after amendment with glucose in humid tropical acrisols and boreal mor layer. Soil Biol. Biochem. 32:1591-1599. doi:10.1016/S0038-0717(00)00073-0
31. IPCC. 2007. Climate change 2007: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland.
32. Kim, D.-G., R. Vargas, B. Bond-Lamberty, and M.R. Turetsky. 2012. Effects of soil rewetting and thawing on soil gas fluxes: A review of current literature and suggestions for future research. Biogeosciences 9:2459-2483. doi:10.5194/bg-9-2459-2012
33. Manzoni, S., J.P. Schimel, and A. Porporato. 2012. Response of soil microbial communities to water stress: Results from a meta-analysis. Ecology 93:930-938. doi:10.1890/11-0026.1
34. Mikha, M.M., C.W. Rice, and G.A. Milliken. 2005. Carbon and nitrogen mineralization as affected by drying and rewetting cycles. Soil Biol. Biochem. 37:339-347. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.08.003
35. Miller, A.E., J.P. Schimel, T. Meixner, J.O. Sickman, and J.M. Melack. 2005. Episodic rewetting enhances carbon and nitrogen release from chaparral soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 37:2195-2204. doi:10.1016/j. soilbio.2005.03.021
36. 2O emissions and denitrifier community abundance in soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 40:2553-2562. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.06.024
37. 2O and N2 production during nitrate reduction. Soil Biol. Biochem. 42:1864-1871. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.07.008
38. Muhr, J., J. Franke, and W. Borken. 2010. Drying-rewetting events reduce C and N losses from a Norway spruce forest floor. Soil Biol. Biochem. 42:1303-1312. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.03.024
39. 2O flux from a shrub-steppe ecosystems. Soil Biol. Biochem. 29:1699-1706. doi:10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00077-1
40. Navarro-García, F., M.Á. Casermeiro, and J.P. Schimel. 2012. When structure means conservation: Effect of aggregate structure in controlling microbial responses to rewetting events. Soil Biol. Biochem. 44:1-8. doi:10.1016/j. soilbio.2011.09.019
41. Norton, U., A.R. Mosier, J.A. Morgan, J.D. Derner, L.J. Ingram, and P.D. Stahl. 2008. Moisture pulses, trace gas emissions and soil C and N in cheatgrass and native grass-dominated sagebrush-steppe in Wyoming, USA. Soil Biol. Biochem. 40:1421-1431. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.12.021
42. Or, D., B.F. Smets, J.M. Wraith, A. Dechesne, and S.P. Friedman. 2007. Physical constraints affecting bacterial habitats and activity in unsaturated porous media-A review. Adv. Water Resour. 30:1505-1527. doi:10.1016/j. advwatres.2006.05.025
43. 2O emissions from soil. Glob. Change Biol. 17:1497-1504. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02334.x
44. Philippot, L., J. Cuhel, N.P.A. Saby, D. Chèneby, A. Chronáková, D. Bru, D. Arrouays, F. Martin-Laurent, and M. Šimek. 2009. Mapping field-scale spatial patterns of size and activity of the denitrifier community. Environ. Microbiol. 11:1518-1526. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01879.x
45. Prieme, A., and S. Christensen. 2001. Natural perturbations, drying-rewetting and freezing-thawing cycles, and the emission of nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and methane from farmed organic soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 33:2083-2091. doi:10.1016/S0038-0717(01)00140-7
46. Pulleman, M., and A. Tietema. 1999. Microbial C and N transformation during drying and rewetting of coniferous forest floor material. Soil Biol. Biochem. 31:275-285. doi:10.1016/S0038-0717(98)00116-3
47. Qin, S., C. Hu, and O. Oenema. 2012. Quantifying the underestimation of soil denitrification potential as determined by the acetylene inhibition method. Soil Biol. Biochem. 47:14-17. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.12.019
48. Reatto, A., A. Bruand, E.M. Silva, R. Guéganl, I. Cousin, M. Brossard, and E.S. Martins. 2009. Shrinkage of microaggregates in Brazilian latosols during drying: Significance of the clay content, mineralogy and hydric stress history. Eur. J. Soil Sci. 60:1106-1116. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2389.2009. 01189.x
49. Robertson, G.P., and P.M. Groffman. 2007. Nitrogen transformations. In: E.A. Paul, editor, Soil microbiology, biochemistry, and ecology. 3rd ed. Springer, New York. p. 341-362.
50. 2 from soil fertilized with nitrate: Effect of compaction, soil moisture and rewetting. Soil Biol. Biochem. 38:263-274. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.05.005
51. Ryden, J.C. 1983. Denitrification loss from a grassland soil in the field receiving different rates of nitrogen as ammonium nitrate. J. Soil Sci. 34:355-365. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2389.1983.tb01041.x
52. 2O, NO, and N2 fluxes from fertilized and irrigated dryland soils of the Aral Sea Basin, Uzbekistan. Plant Soil 314:273-283. doi:10.1007/s11104-008-9728-8
53. Schimel, J., T.C. Balser, and M. Wallenstein. 2007. Microbial stress-response physiology and its implications for ecosystem function. Ecology 88:1386-1394. doi:10.1890/06-0219
54. Smith, M.S., and L.L. Parsons. 1985. Persistence of denitrifying enzyme activity in dried soils. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 49:316-320.
55. Sommers, L.E., C.M. Gilmour, R.E. Wilding, and S.M. Beck. 1981. The effects of water potential on decomposition processes in soil. In: J.F. Parr, W.R. Gardner, and L.F. Elliott, editors, Water potential relations in soil microbiology. SSSA, Madison, WI. p. 97-117.
56. Stark, J.M., and M.K. Firestone. 1995. Mechanisms for soil moisture effects on the activity of nitrifying bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:218-221.
57. Tel, D.A., and C. Heseltine. 1990. The analysis of KCl soil extracts for nitrate, nitrite and ammonium using a TRAACS 800 autoanalyzer. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 21:1681-1688. doi:10.1080/00103629009368331
58. Valé, M., B. Mary, and E. Justes. 2007. Irrigation practices may affect denitrification more than nitrogen mineralization in warm climatic condition. Biol. Fertil. Soils 43:641-651. doi:10.1007/s00374-006-0143-0
59. 2O and N2 during the growth of spring barley. Plant Soil 76:227-232. doi:10.1007/BF02205582
60. Wang, L.F., Z.C. Cai, and Y. Hong. 2004. Nitrous oxide emission and reduction in a laboratory-incubated paddy soil response to pretreatment of water regime. J. Environ. Sci. (China) 16:353-357.
61. Weier, K.L., J.W. Doran, J.F. Power, and D.T. Walters. 1993. Denitrification and the dinitrogen to nitrous oxide ratio as affected by soil water, available carbon and nitrate. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 57:66-72. doi:10.2136/sssaj1993.03615995005700010013x
62. Williams, M.A., and K. Xia. 2009. Characterization of the water soluble soil organic pool following the rewetting of dry soil in a drought-prone tallgrass prairie. Soil Biol. Biochem. 41:21-28. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.08. 013
63. Woli, K.P., M.B. David, R.G. Darmody, C.A. Mitchell, and C.M. Smith. 2010. Assessing the nitrous oxide mole fraction of soils from perennial biofuel and corn-soybean fields. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 138:299-305. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2010.06.002
64. Wood, J.M., E. Bremer, L.N. Csonka, R. Kryer, B. Poolman, T. van der Heide, and L.T. Smith. 2001. Osmosensing and osmoregulatory compatible solute accumulation by bacteria. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 130:437-460. doi:10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00442-1
65. Xiang, S.R., A. Doyle, P.A. Holden, and J.P. Schimel. 2008. Drying and rewetting effects on C and N mineralization and microbial activity in surface and subsurface California grassland soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 40:2281-2289. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.05.004
66. Yeomans, J.C., and E.G. Beauchamp. 1978. Limited inhibition of nitrous oxide reduction in soil in the presence of acetylene. Soil Biol. Biochem. 10:517-519. doi:10.1016/0038-0717(78)90046-9
67. Yoshinari, T., R. Hynes, and R. Knowles. 1977. Acetylene inhibition of nitrous oxide reduction and measurement of denitrification and nitrogen fixation in soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 9:177-183. doi:10.1016/0038-0717(77)90072-4
68. Zhong, Z., L.M. Nelson, and R.L. Lemke. 2011. Nitrous oxide emissions from grain legumes as affected by wetting/drying cycles and crop residues. Biol. Fertil. Soils 47:687-699. doi:10.1007/s00374-011-0575-z