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Effects of Contemporary Land Use Types and Conversions from Wetland to Paddy Field or Dry Land on Soil Organic Carbon Fractions

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  • Di Zhao

    (Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China)

  • Junyu Dong

    (Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China)

  • Shuping Ji

    (Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China)

  • Miansong Huang

    (Ningxia Capital Sponge City Construction & development Co., Ltd, Guyuan 756000, China
    Beijing Capital Co., Ltd, Beijing 100028, China)

  • Quan Quan

    (State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China)

  • Jian Liu

    (Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China)

Abstract

Soil organic carbon (SOC) concentration is closely related to soil quality and climate change. The objectives of this study were to estimate the effects of contemporary land use on SOC concentrations at 0–20 cm depths, and to investigate the dynamics of SOC in paddy-field soil and dry-land soil after their conversion from natural wetlands (20 and 30 years ago). We investigated the dissolved organic carbon (DOC), light fraction organic carbon (LFOC), heavy fraction organic carbon (HFOC), and other soil properties (i.e., moisture content, bulk density, pH, clay, sand, silt, available phosphorous, light fraction nitrogen, and heavy fraction nitrogen) in natural wetlands, constructed wetlands, fishponds, paddy fields, and soybean fields. The results indicated that the content of DOC increased 17% in constructed wetland and decreased 39% in fishponds, and the content of HFOC in constructed wetland and fishponds increased 50% and 8%, respectively, compared with that in natural wetlands at 0–20 cm. After the conversion of a wetland, the content of HFOC increased 72% in the paddy fields and decreased 62% in the dry land, while the content of DOC and LFOC decreased in both types. In the paddy fields, LFOC and HFOC content in the topmost 0.2 m of the soil layer was significantly higher compared to the layer below (from 0.2 to 0.6 m), and there were no significant differences observed in the dry land. The findings suggest that the paddy fields can sequester organic carbon through the accumulation of HFOC. However, the HFOC content decreased 22% after 10 years of cultivation with the decrease of clay content, indicating that paddy fields need to favor clay accumulation for the purpose of enhancing carbon sequestration in the paddy fields.

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  • Di Zhao & Junyu Dong & Shuping Ji & Miansong Huang & Quan Quan & Jian Liu, 2020. "Effects of Contemporary Land Use Types and Conversions from Wetland to Paddy Field or Dry Land on Soil Organic Carbon Fractions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-15, March.
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