The characteristics of denitrification in soil and the effect of dissolved organic matter for the typical area of water-level-fluctuating zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir
ZHU Yan-tao1, SU Pei-xing1, ZHANG Dai-jun1,2, YUAN Shu-pei1, ZHANG Jun-tong1, LIU Yin-fei1
1. College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China; 2. State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
Abstract:Soil samples were collected from three typical sites in the main city of Chongqing and Fuling, and the physical and chemical properties of soil, in-situ denitrification rate, DOM-driven denitrification process and soil micro-organisms community in the sampled sites were investigated and analyzed. The results showed that in the flooding period(145~155m), the average concentrations of the highest ammonia nitrogen (NH4+-N) in Zhen'an, Fuling and Yuzui were 31.32, 28.63 and 19.23mg/kg, respectively, which were higher than those in the drying period. During the flooding period, compared with the average concentration of nitrate nitrogen (NO3--N) in the soil at high altitude, the average concentration of NO3--N in the soil at low altitude increased by 46.91 % (Zhen'an), 37.89 % (Fuling) and 29.69 % (Yuzui), respectively. During the flooding period, the average concentration of soil organic matter (SOM) decreased with the decrease of altitude, from 109.16,80.93 and 82.61mg/kg in Zhen'an, Fuling and Yuzui to 65.63,64.53 and 53.41mg/kg, respectively. The contents of NH4+-N and NO3--N in the soil were significantly positively correlated with the in-situ denitrification rate (P<0.05). It was found that the potential denitrification rate of soil showed great temporal and spatial differences after given sufficient carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) nutrients. In the experiment of denitrification by using DOM as carbon source, the degradation of DOM conformed to the first-order kinetic model (R2>0.93), and the accumulation of N2O conformed to the Logistic model (R2>0.97). The denitrifying microorganisms in the soil of WLFZ are mainly Bacillus and Comamonadaceae, and their abundance changes have a significant positive correlation with the potential denitrification rate of the soil (P<0.05).
朱砚涛, 苏培兴, 张代钧, 袁淑培, 张峻通, 刘寅飞. 三峡水库消落带土壤反硝化及DOM的影响[J]. 中国环境科学, 2024, 44(6): 3270-3279.
ZHU Yan-tao, SU Pei-xing, ZHANG Dai-jun, YUAN Shu-pei, ZHANG Jun-tong, LIU Yin-fei. The characteristics of denitrification in soil and the effect of dissolved organic matter for the typical area of water-level-fluctuating zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2024, 44(6): 3270-3279.
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