CO2, N2O and CH4 production/consumption potentials of soils under different land-use types in central Japan and eastern Hungary
2013
Kong, Yuhua | Nagano, Hirohiko | Kátai, Janos | Vágó, Imre | Oláh, Ágnes Zsuposné | Yashima, Miwa | Inubushi, Kazuyuki
The production/consumption of greenhouse gases (GHG) in soils are of great importance in global warming, but the involved soil physico-chemical and biological characteristics affecting GHG production and consumption potentials are poorly understood in different land-use types. Carbon dioxide (CO ₂), nitrous oxide (N ₂O) and methane (CH ₄) production/consumption potentials from four land-use types and 10 soil types in central Japan and eastern Hungary, and their relationships with soil characteristics, were investigated. The average of CO ₂ production in Japanese soils was significantly higher than that of Hungarian soils due to the relatively higher microbial biomass carbon (MBC) content. N ₂O production from both countries' soils did not exhibit a significant difference. Most soils except Japanese paddy and soybean soils showed the potentials for CH ₄ consumption. Forest and grassland soils had relatively higher CO ₂ and N ₂O production than orchard and cropland soils for both countries. From regression analyses, it could be concluded that soil total nitrogen (TN) and ammonium-nitrogen (NH ₄⁺-N) account for 40.8% and 25.5% variations of the soils' CO ₂ and N ₂O productions, respectively. The CH ₄ consumption was positively correlated with soil carbon/nitrogen (C/N) ratio, while soil MBC availability could account for 15% variation of CH ₄ consumption under aerobic conditions.
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