Long-term characteristics of soil respiration in a Korean cool-temperate deciduous forest in a monsoon climate

Animal Cells and Systems

Ji Young Eom¹  Jae Seok Lee¹  Seok Hee Jeong¹  Jae Ho Lee²  Jung Hwa Chun³ 

[1] Konkuk University;National Institute of Ecology;National Institute of Forest Science (NIFoS);

关键词: Soil respiration;    long-term measurement;    AOCC system;    cool-temperate deciduous forest;    monsoon climate;   

DOI  :  10.1080/19768354.2018.1433234

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Analysis of relationship between soil respiration and environmental factors has become essential for understanding changes in ecosystem carbon cycles under global warming. However, rough predictions have been made that soil respiration will increase with increasing temperature, but long-term data to support this theory were scarce. We measured soil respiration and environmental factors continuously using an automatic open-closed chamber system in a Korean cool-temperate forest from 2004 to 2016 to ascertain the reliability of this prediction and to more accurately predict changes in carbon cycle. Average air and soil temperatures were 11.0°C and 10.2°C. The increase in temperature was greater in winter (the inactive period for soil respiration) than in summer (the active period). Additionally, precipitation decreased sharply because of patter changes in 2012, and through 2016, it was approximately 69% of the previous period. Effect of precipitation on soil respiration was expected to be larger than temperature because the change in precipitation appeared in summer. Soil respiration exhibited a significant decline in 2012 because of precipitation. From 2004 to 2011, it averaged 344.4 mgCO2 m−2 h−1 and from 2012 to 2016 the average was 205.3 mgCO2 m−2 h−1. This phenomenon hasn’t been detected in short-term studies, suggesting that the prediction of previous studies is inaccurate. Additionally, to predict future ecosystem carbon cycle changes in a cool-temperate monsoon climate, changes in precipitation pattern should be regarded as equally important to temperature, and the prediction cannot be based solely on temperature. Therefore, long-term and continuous measurements are needed with consideration of the effects of both precipitation and temperature. Abbreviations: Rs: soil respiration; Ts: soil temperature; Ta: air temperature; AOCC: automatic open/closed chamber

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