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Soil microbial populations and enzyme activities under different sand-fixation forests in oasis-desert ecotone of Minqin Desert

WANG Yan-wu1,2, CHAI Qing1,3, OUYANG Xue-Zhi2, LUO Ling4   

  1. 1 College of Resources and Environment, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China;
    2 Gansu Science Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Lanzhou 730020, Gansu, China;
    3 Agronomy College, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China;
    4 Institute of Resource and environment, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, Henan, China
  • Received:2015-08-25 Revised:2015-11-10 Online:2016-01-25

Abstract: In vulnerable ecosystems,the soil microbial organization is intimately interacted with the vegetation. Studying the soil microbial characteristics in different sand-fixation forests is of great importance for ameliorating the forests soil condition and preventing desertification. Based on the wild typical sampling survey and lab analysis in Minqin Oasis-desert Ecotone,this study chose 4 main sand-fixation forests(Haloxylon forest,Tamarisk forest,Nitraria tangutorum forest,and Limonium sinense forest)to study the soil microbial population(including bacterias,fungus and actinomycetes)and soil enzymes activities(including catalases,urease,sucrase,alkaline phosphatase)in 0-20 cm,20-40 cm,40-60 cm soil layers,and analyzed the correlation between the soil microbial population and soil enzyme. Results showed that: soil microbial population and enzyme activities differed significantly in different sand-fixation forests. In the depth of 0-60 cm,the population of soil bacterias,actinomycetes, fungus,the activities of catalase,urease and phosphatase were the greatest in Haloxylon ammodendron forest which is 2.29,2.36,10.17,and 2.63,1.65 1.17 times of the control group,respectively. The soil microorganism distribution and enzyme activities had significantly vertical distribution characteristics. The population of soil actinomycetes,fungus and the activity of sucrase in Haloxylon forest were negatively correlated with the depth. Correlation analysis showed that the populations of soil bacteria,fungus and actinomycetes were significantly positive correlated with the activities of catalase,urease and phosphatase(correlation>69.6%). This study concluded that along with the restoration of Minqin Oasis-desert Ecotone,all sand-restoration forests were becoming more and more adaptive to the desert environment,populations of soil microbes and activities of enzymes increased and the biological characteristics were better than before. Considering the sand-fixation,soil-quality-improvement effect,and forest sustainable management,Haloxylon forest is the best choice to be planted widely around the ecotone because it can not only significantly improve the sand-fixing effects,but also improve the soil charateristics and microbe activities of the moving dunes.

Key words: Minqin Oasis-desert Ecotone, sand-fixation forests, soil microbial population, soil enzyme activities

CLC Number: 

  • S158.3