Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6330883 | Science of The Total Environment | 2014 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Liming of strongly acidified soil under a Masson pine (Pinus massoniana Lamb.) forest was studied through a seven-year field manipulation experiment at Tieshanping, Chongqing in Southwestern China. To distinguish between the individual effects of Ca2Â + and Mg2Â + addition, we separately applied calcite (CaCO3) and magnesite (MgCO3), rather than using dolomite [CaMg(CO3)2]. Both calcite and magnesite additions caused a significant increase in pH and a decrease in dissolved inorganic monomeric aluminium (Ali) concentration of soil water. Ecological recovery included increases of herb biomass (both treatments) and Mg content in Masson pine needles (magnesite treatment only). However, the growth rate of Masson pine did not increase under either treatment, possibly because of nutrient imbalance due to phosphorus (P) deficiency or limited observation period. In China, acid deposition in forest ecosystems commonly coincides with large inputs of atmogenic Ca2Â +, both enhancing Mg2Â + leaching. Calcite addition may further decrease the Mg2Â + availability in soil water, thereby exacerbating Mg2Â + deficiency in the acidified forest soils of southern and southwestern China. The effect of anthropogenic acidification of naturally acid forest soils on P availability needs further study.
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Authors
Yongmei Huang, Ronghua Kang, Xiaoxiao Ma, Yu Qi, Jan Mulder, Lei Duan,