[Features and Influencing Factors of N2O Emissions from Drawdown Area in the Three Gorges Reservoir].

Three heights (180 m, 175 m and 155 m) located in a typical drawdown area in Wangjiagou of the Three Gorges Reservoir were selected for studying the N2O emissions from subtropical reservoirs. The experimental period lasted two years from August 2010 to August 2012. The methods of static opaque chambers during the drainage period and floating chambers during flooding period were adopted in this study. The heights of 175 m and 155 m were both located in the drawdown area, whereas the 180 m height was located in the land as a control to 175 m and 155 m. N2O fluxes showed clear seasonal trends at each height and remarkable differences were observed between the two years at the 180 m height. N2O fluxes were lowest in spring at the 180 m height. N2O fluxes showed a single-peak pattern with climax in summer in the first year, whereas a double-peak pattern with climax in summer and after dry-wet alternating in the next year after the highest water level of 175 m was succeeded in the Three Gorges Reservoir. N2O fluxes presented a single-peak shape with summer climax at the 155 m height. Additionally, N2O fluxes were higher during the drainage period than in the flooding period at both the 175 m and 155 m heights. The order of the annual N2O cumulative emissions at the three heights was 175 m (853.92 mg·m-2) > 180 m (336.69 mg·m-2) > 155 m (324.69 mg·m-2), and there was a notable difference between 175 m and 155 m, indicating that short-term flooding could increase N2O emissions but long-term flooding could restrain N2O emissions. Correlation analysis showed that there were no obvious relativities between N2O fluxes and environmental factors in the land and during the drainage period. However, N2O fluxes were significantly negatively correlated with water temperature and wind speed during the flooding period. Principal component analysis found that soil nutrient conditions and physicochemical properties were the most important factors for N2O emissions in the land, the nitrogen distribution in water was a main determinant for N2O emissions during the flooding period, and soil physicochemical properties and microbial activity importantly affected N2O emissions during the drainage period in the drawdown area.

[Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Soil Microbial Biomass Carbon and Nitrogen in Drawdown Area in the Three Gorges Reservoir].

Taking a typical drawdown area located in Wangjiagou of the Three Gorges Reservoir as the study object, four elevations 180,175,165 and 155 m were selected to explore the effect of water level change on soil microbial biomass carbon (SMBC) and microbial biomass nitrogen (SMBN). Wherein, 175,165 and 155 m elevations located in the fluctuating zone, manifested as short, medium and long-term flooding, respectively; 180 m was used as the control, located on the land and never flooded. Sampling depth in soil samples was 0-20 cm, collected once a week. The results indicated that, soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) contents at 180 m had no obvious seasonal changes, while they showed remarkable seasonal trends at 175m, which in spring and summer were significantly higher than in autumn and winter; SMBC and SMBN contents and their allocation ratio at four elevations were similar and had significant seasonal fluctuation, which were highest in autumn and lowest in summer at each elevation, indicating that in drawdown area the microbial activity and turnover rate of soil organic carbon and nitrogen were limited by the high-temperature and low-humidity soil environment in summer. Data analysis showed that, compared with the 180 m elevation, contents of SOC, TN, SMBC and microbial quotient, SMBN and its allocation proportion showed varying degrees of increase, while contents of these indexes were significantly lower than control except SMBN and its allocation proportion, meaning that compared with 180 m short and medium-term flooding was conducive to improve soil carbon, nitrogen and their turnover rate and microbial biomass, however, contents of soil carbon and nitrogen and microbial biomass carbon were significantly restricted at 155 m as soil was subjected to flooding stress, meanwhile the turnover rate of SOC was reduced. Correlation analysis implied that SMBC and SMBN had very significant negative correlation with temperature at 5 cm soil depth and pH, meaning that the two environmental factors had a strong effect on soil microbial biomass.

[Impacts of Land Use Changes on Soil Light Fraction and Particulate Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Jinyun Mountain].

Four land types including the subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, sloping farmland, orchard and abandoned land were selected to collect soil samples from 0 to 60 cm depth at the same altitude of sunny slope in the Jinyun Mountain in this study. Soil light fraction organic carbon and nitrogen ( LFOC and LFON), and particulate organic carbon and nitrogen (POC and PON) were determined and the distribution ratios and C/N ratios were calculated. The results showed that the contents of LFOC and LFON decreased significantly by 71. 42% and 38. 46% after the forest was changed into sloping farmland (P <0. 05) but the change was not significant when it was changed into orchard (P >0. 05), while the contents of LFOC and LFON increased significantly by 3. 77 and 1. 38 times after the sloping farmland was changed into abandoned land (P <0. 05). The contents of POC and PON did not vary markedly after the forest was converted into orchard or sloping farmland, while the POC and PON contents increased markedly by 4. 12 and 1. 25 times after the sloping farmland was abandoned. Those above results indicated that abandoned land was easy for active organic carbon and nitrogen accumulation; on the contrary, sloping farmland was easy to lose soil labile carbon and nitrogen. The LFOC and LFON distribution ratios were significantly reduced by 31. 20% and 30. 08%, respectively after the forest was changed into the sloping farmland, and increased by 18. 74% and 20. 33% respectively after the forest was changed into the orchard. Nevertheless, the distribution ratios of LFOC and LFON were changed little by converting the forest into the sloping farmland and orchard. The distribution ratios of LFOC, LFON, POC and PON all increased significantly after the farmland was abandoned (P <0. 05). Those results showed that the activity of soil organic carbon and nitrogen was enhanced after forest reclamation, while reduced after the sloping farmland was abandoned. The ratios of carbon to nitrogen in soil organic matter, light fraction organic matter and particulate organic matter were in the order of abandoned land (12. 93) > forest (8. 53) > orchard (7. 52) > sloping farmland (4. 40), abandoned land (16. 32) > forest (14. 29) > orchard (11. 32) > sloping farmland (7. 60), abandoned land (23. 41) > sloping farmland (13. 85 ) > forest (10. 30) > orchard (9. 64), which indicated that the degree of organic nitrogen mineralization was higher after forest cultivation and lower after the sloping farmland was abandoned.