Physical protection of soil carbon in macroaggregates does not reduce the temperature dependence of soil CO2 emissions

Chevallier Tiphaine, Hmaidi Kaouther, Kouakoua Ernest, Bernoux Martial, Gallali Tahar, Toucet Joële, Jolivet Claudy, Deleporte Philippe, Barthès Bernard. 2015. Physical protection of soil carbon in macroaggregates does not reduce the temperature dependence of soil CO2 emissions. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 178 (4) : 592-600.

Quartile : Q1, Sujet : AGRONOMY / Quartile : Q2, Sujet : PLANT SCIENCES / Quartile : Q2, Sujet : SOIL SCIENCE

Résumé : In a warmer world, soil CO2 emissions are likely to increase. There is still much discussion about which soil organic C (SOC) pools are more sensitive to increasing temperatures. While the temperature sensitivity of C stabilized by biochemical recalcitrance or by sorption to mineral surfaces has been characterized, few studies have been carried out on the temperature sensitivity—expressed as Q10—of C physically protected inside soil macroaggregates (0.2–2 mm). It has been suggested that increasing the availability of labile SOC by exposing C through macroaggregate crushing would decrease Q10, i.e., the temperature dependence of soil CO2 emissions. To test this hypothesis, the temperature dependence of CO2 emissions from C physically protected in macroaggregates was measured through 21-d laboratory incubations of crushed and uncrushed soils, at 18°C and 28°C. 199 topsoil samples, acidic or calcareous, with SOC ranging from 2 to 121 g kg−1 soil were investigated. The CO2 emissions were slightly more sensible to temperature than to C deprotection: about 0.3 mg C g−1 soil (= 13 mg C g−1 SOC) and 0.2 mg C g−1 (= 12 mg C g−1 SOC) were additionally mineralized, in average, by increasing the temperature or by disrupting the soil structure, respectively. The mean Q10 index ratio of CO2 emitted at 28°C and 18°C was similar for crushed and uncrushed soil samples and equaled 1.6. This was partly explained because Q10 of macro-aggregate-protected C was 1. The results did not support the initial hypothesis of lower temperature dependence of soil CO2 emissions after macroaggregate disruption, although a slight decrease of Q10 was noticeable after crushing for soils with high amounts of macroaggregate-protected C. Field research is now needed to confirm that soil tillage might have no effect on the temperature sensitivity of SOC stocks.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : température du sol, température, dioxyde de carbone, carbone organique du sol, matière organique du sol, sorption du sol, carbone

Classification Agris : P33 - Chimie et physique du sol
P40 - Météorologie et climatologie

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 6 (2014-2018) - Sociétés, natures et territoires

Auteurs et affiliations

• Chevallier Tiphaine, IRD (FRA)
• Hmaidi Kaouther, Faculté des sciences de Tunis (TUN)
• Kouakoua Ernest, IRD (FRA)
• Bernoux Martial, IRD (FRA)
• Gallali Tahar, Faculté des sciences de Tunis (TUN)
• Toucet Joële, IRD (FRA)
• Jolivet Claudy, INRA (FRA)
• Deleporte Philippe, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR Eco&Sols (FRA)
• Barthès Bernard, IRD (FRA)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/577384/)

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