Arid Zone Research ›› 2020, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2): 382-389.

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Effects of nitrogen addition on soil enzyme activities and ecoenzymatic stoichiometry in alpine grassland of the Tianshan Mountains

LE Jiajia1,2,SU Yuan1,2,PENG Qingwen1,2,GENG Fengzhan1,2, HAN Wenxuan1,3,LI Wenli4,LI Kaihui1,5,LIU Xuejun1,3   

  1. (1. Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresource in Arid Land,Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Urumqi 830011,Xinjiang,China;2. University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100039,China;3. College of Resources and Environmental Sciences,China Agricultural University,Beijing 100193,China4. Grassland Station of Bayingol mongolian autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang,Korla 841000,Xinjiang,China; 5. Bayinbuluk Grassland Ecosystem Research Station,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Bayinbuluk 841314,Xinjiang,China)
  • Received:2019-04-28 Revised:2019-06-12 Online:2020-03-26 Published:2020-04-21

Abstract: The effects of nitrogen (N) addition on activities of soil carbon (C),N,and phosphorus (P) circulationrelated enzymes were investigated in an alpine grassland ecosystem in 2018.A longterm simulated N addition experiment was initiated at the Bayinbuluk Grassland Ecological Research Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009;four N fertilizer treatments were applied at different sites:control (N0,0 kg·hm-2·a-1),low nitrogen (N1,10 kg·hm-2·a-1),moderate nitrogen (N3,30 kg·hm-2·a-1),and high nitrogen (N9,90 kg·hm-2·a-1).In the present study,stoichiometric ratios of soil ecological enzymes and the relationships between soil enzyme activities and environmental factors were analyzed.Our results revealed the following.Compared with N0,N3 treatment significantly increased β-1,4-glucosidase (BG),cellobiohydrolase (CBH) and β-1,4-xylosidase activities (βx) (P<0.05).N1 and N3 treatments obviously increased phenol oxidase (PPO) activity ( P < 0.05).N3 treatment obviously increased β-1,4-Nacetylglucosaminidase (NAG) activity ( P <0.05).No N treatment affected Lleucine aminopeptidase activity (LAP).Correlation analysis showed that activities of all soil enzymes were positively correlated to soil organic C (SOC) content (except NAG) and total phosphorus (TP) content but were not to total nitrogen content.Soil ecoenzymatic C∶N∶P stoichiometry in the study area was 1∶1∶1.2,which is inconsistent with the global 1∶1∶1 pattern.This result suggests that soil microbial growth in the studied grasslands is limited by P content.Canonical redundancy analysis indicated that SOC and TP were the dominant factors affecting soil enzyme activity.

Key words: nitrogen addition, soil enzyme activity, soil ecoenzymatic stoichiometry, nutrient limitation, alpine grassland, Bayinbuluk