Fate of soil applied black carbon: downward migration, leaching and soil respiration

Black carbon (BC) is an important pool of the global C cycle, because it cycles much more slowly than others and may even be managed for C sequestration. Using stable isotope techniques, we investigated the fate of BC applied to a savanna Oxisol in Colombia at rates of 0, 11.6, 23.2 and 116.1 t BC h...

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Autores principales: Major, J., Lehmann, Johannes, Rondón, Marco Antonio, Goodale, C
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43456
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author Major, J.
Lehmann, Johannes
Rondón, Marco Antonio
Goodale, C
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description Black carbon (BC) is an important pool of the global C cycle, because it cycles much more slowly than others and may even be managed for C sequestration. Using stable isotope techniques, we investigated the fate of BC applied to a savanna Oxisol in Colombia at rates of 0, 11.6, 23.2 and 116.1 t BC ha?1, as well as its effect on non-BC soil organic C. During the rainy seasons of 2005 and 2006, soil respiration was measured using soda lime traps, particulate and dissolved organic C (POC and DOC) moving by saturated flow was sampled continuously at 0.15 and 0.3 m, and soil was sampled to 2.0 m. Black C was found below the application depth of 0–0.1 m in the 0.15–0.3 m depth interval, with migration rates of 52.4±14.5, 51.8±18.5 and 378.7±196.9 kg C ha?1 yr?1 (±SE) where 11.6, 23.2 and 116.1 t BC ha?1, respectively, had been applied. Over 2 years after application, 2.2% of BC applied at 23.2 t BC ha?1 was lost by respiration, and an even smaller fraction of 1% was mobilized by percolating water. Carbon from BC moved to a greater extent as DOC than POC. The largest flux of BC from the field (20–53% of applied BC) was not accounted for by our measurements and is assumed to have occurred by surface runoff during intense rain events. Black C caused a 189% increase in aboveground biomass production measured 5 months after application (2.4–4.5 t additional dry biomass ha?1 where BC was applied), and this resulted in greater amounts of non-BC being respired, leached and found in soil for the duration of the experiment. These increases can be quantitatively explained by estimates of greater belowground net primary productivity with BC addition.
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spelling CGSpace434562024-08-27T10:34:50Z Fate of soil applied black carbon: downward migration, leaching and soil respiration Major, J. Lehmann, Johannes Rondón, Marco Antonio Goodale, C leaching soil respiration lixiviacion respiración del suelo ecology Black carbon (BC) is an important pool of the global C cycle, because it cycles much more slowly than others and may even be managed for C sequestration. Using stable isotope techniques, we investigated the fate of BC applied to a savanna Oxisol in Colombia at rates of 0, 11.6, 23.2 and 116.1 t BC ha?1, as well as its effect on non-BC soil organic C. During the rainy seasons of 2005 and 2006, soil respiration was measured using soda lime traps, particulate and dissolved organic C (POC and DOC) moving by saturated flow was sampled continuously at 0.15 and 0.3 m, and soil was sampled to 2.0 m. Black C was found below the application depth of 0–0.1 m in the 0.15–0.3 m depth interval, with migration rates of 52.4±14.5, 51.8±18.5 and 378.7±196.9 kg C ha?1 yr?1 (±SE) where 11.6, 23.2 and 116.1 t BC ha?1, respectively, had been applied. Over 2 years after application, 2.2% of BC applied at 23.2 t BC ha?1 was lost by respiration, and an even smaller fraction of 1% was mobilized by percolating water. Carbon from BC moved to a greater extent as DOC than POC. The largest flux of BC from the field (20–53% of applied BC) was not accounted for by our measurements and is assumed to have occurred by surface runoff during intense rain events. Black C caused a 189% increase in aboveground biomass production measured 5 months after application (2.4–4.5 t additional dry biomass ha?1 where BC was applied), and this resulted in greater amounts of non-BC being respired, leached and found in soil for the duration of the experiment. These increases can be quantitatively explained by estimates of greater belowground net primary productivity with BC addition. 2010-04 2014-09-24T08:42:09Z 2014-09-24T08:42:09Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43456 en Limited Access Wiley
spellingShingle leaching
soil respiration
lixiviacion
respiración del suelo
ecology
Major, J.
Lehmann, Johannes
Rondón, Marco Antonio
Goodale, C
Fate of soil applied black carbon: downward migration, leaching and soil respiration
title Fate of soil applied black carbon: downward migration, leaching and soil respiration
title_full Fate of soil applied black carbon: downward migration, leaching and soil respiration
title_fullStr Fate of soil applied black carbon: downward migration, leaching and soil respiration
title_full_unstemmed Fate of soil applied black carbon: downward migration, leaching and soil respiration
title_short Fate of soil applied black carbon: downward migration, leaching and soil respiration
title_sort fate of soil applied black carbon downward migration leaching and soil respiration
topic leaching
soil respiration
lixiviacion
respiración del suelo
ecology
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