What do we know about soil carbon destabilization?
Abstract
Most empirical and modeling research on soil carbon (C) dynamics has focused on those processes that control and promote C stabilization. However, we lack a strong, generalizable understanding of the mechanisms through which soil organic carbon (SOC) is destabilized in soils. Destabilization includes processes that occur along a spectrum through which SOC shifts from a “protected” state to an “available” state to microbial cells where it can be mineralized to gaseous forms or to soluble forms that are then lost from the soil system. These processes fall into three general categories: (1) Release from physical occlusion through processes such as tillage, bioturbation, or freeze-thaw and wetting-drying cycles; (2) C desorption from soil solids and colloids; and (3) Increased C metabolism. Many processes that stabilize soil C can also destabilize C, and C gain or loss depends on the balance between competing reactions. For example, earthworms may both stabilize C through aggregate destruction, but may also create new aggregates and redistribute C into mineral horizon. Similarly, mycorrhizae and roots form new soil C but may also destabilize old soil C through priming and promoting microbial mining; labile C inputs cause C stabilization through increased carbon use efficiency or may fuel priming.more »
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- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
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- 1545407
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- OSTI ID: 1572469
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- PNNL-SA-143015
Journal ID: ISSN 1748-9326
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- AC05-76RL01830
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Environmental Research Letters
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- Journal Name: Environmental Research Letters Journal Volume: 14 Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-9326
- Publisher:
- IOP Publishing
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; soil organic carbon; destabilization; physical occlusion; metabolism; bioavailability; priming; Birch effect
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Bailey, Vanessa L., Pries, Caitlin Hicks, and Lajtha, Kate. What do we know about soil carbon destabilization?. United Kingdom: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab2c11.
Bailey, Vanessa L., Pries, Caitlin Hicks, & Lajtha, Kate. What do we know about soil carbon destabilization?. United Kingdom. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab2c11.
Bailey, Vanessa L., Pries, Caitlin Hicks, and Lajtha, Kate. Mon .
"What do we know about soil carbon destabilization?". United Kingdom. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab2c11.
@article{osti_1545407,
title = {What do we know about soil carbon destabilization?},
author = {Bailey, Vanessa L. and Pries, Caitlin Hicks and Lajtha, Kate},
abstractNote = {Most empirical and modeling research on soil carbon (C) dynamics has focused on those processes that control and promote C stabilization. However, we lack a strong, generalizable understanding of the mechanisms through which soil organic carbon (SOC) is destabilized in soils. Destabilization includes processes that occur along a spectrum through which SOC shifts from a “protected” state to an “available” state to microbial cells where it can be mineralized to gaseous forms or to soluble forms that are then lost from the soil system. These processes fall into three general categories: (1) Release from physical occlusion through processes such as tillage, bioturbation, or freeze-thaw and wetting-drying cycles; (2) C desorption from soil solids and colloids; and (3) Increased C metabolism. Many processes that stabilize soil C can also destabilize C, and C gain or loss depends on the balance between competing reactions. For example, earthworms may both stabilize C through aggregate destruction, but may also create new aggregates and redistribute C into mineral horizon. Similarly, mycorrhizae and roots form new soil C but may also destabilize old soil C through priming and promoting microbial mining; labile C inputs cause C stabilization through increased carbon use efficiency or may fuel priming. Changes to the soil environment that affect the solubility of minerals or change the relative surfaces charges of minerals can destabilize SOC, including increased pH or in the reductive dissolution of Fe-bearing minerals. By considering these different physical, chemical, and biological controls as processes that contribute to soil C destabilization, we can develop thoughtful new hypotheses about the persistence and vulnerability of C in soils and make more accurate and robust predictions of soil C cycling in a changing environment.},
doi = {10.1088/1748-9326/ab2c11},
journal = {Environmental Research Letters},
number = 8,
volume = 14,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {2019},
month = {7}
}
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