『Abstract
Long-term intensive agricultural development since the 1950s
has converted approximately 3,800,000 ha of natural wetlands (NWL)
and 1,200,000 ha of natural forestland (NFL) to cultivated land
(CL) in the Sanjiang Plain of China. However, it is not clear
how the large-scale land-use shifts impact the chemical forms
of phosphorus in the soil profile. Eleven soil cores were collected
from NWL, NFL, and CL and analyzed for organic matter (OM), Fe,
Al, Ca, pH, forms of phosphorus, and total phosphorus (TP). Results
showed that Average TP contents were 672 to 2533 mg kg-1,
355 to 858 mg kg-1, 575 to 977 mg kg-1,
and 433 to 1017 mg kg-1 for the soil profiles of the
NWL, NFL, CL converted from NWL (CL-W), and CL converted from
NFL (CL-F), respectively. Accumulation of OM in the surface layer
(ca. 0-20 cm depth) and Fe oxides in the deep layer (40 to 100
cm depth) from the NWL led to higher TP contents in these layers
than in the middle layer (20 to 40 cm depth). TP content generally
decreased with depth in the NFL and CL soil profiles. The conversion
of the NWL to CL, and the ca. 40 yr of cultivation thereafter,
greatly decreased the TP (from 2065 mg kg-1 to 866
mg kg-1) and organic P (Po; from 1714 mg kg-1
to 326 mg kg-1) in the soil layer at depths of 0 to
20 cm. However, the conversion of the NFL to CL moderately increased
the TP (from 770 mg kg-1 to 1014 mg kg-1)
and inorganic P (Pi; from about 261 mg kg-1 to 482
mg kg-1) in the soil layer at depths of 0 to 20 cm.
The contents of various forms of P were positively correlated
with the levels of their corresponding solid phases. The P in
the soils was mostly bound to OM or Fe oxide phases, depending
on the geochemical composition of the soils. Together, about 77%
to 98% of the TP was bound to OM and Fe oxides, thus these two
solid phases are critical to the fate of P in the soils and ecosystem
of the Sanjiang Plain.
Keywords: Soil; Phosphorus; Fractionation; Land-use change; Sanjiang
Plain』
1. Introduction
2. materials and methods
2.1. Description of study area
2.2. Soil core collection and analysis
3. Result and discussion
3.1. Changes in major elements, OM, pH, and forms of P in soil
profiles
3.2. Relationship between forms of P and soil geochemical properties
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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