Carbon mineralization in pristine and phosphorus-enriched peat soils of the Florida Everglades
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-1995
Abstract
Differences in microbial mineralization of added organic carbon were assessed in pristine (0.231 g total P (TP) kg−1) and P-polluted (1.473 g total P kg−1) neutral peat soils from Everglades National Park, Florida. Kinetic parameters associated with CO2and CH4evolution from glucose added to the two soils were significantly different, and the extent of evolution of both gases was greater in the high TP soil over a range of 1 to 5 mol added glucose C kg−1soil. Carbon mineralization, measured as the sum of CO2and CH4evolved from added acetate, glucose, cellulose, or saw-grass, was significantly more extensive in the high TP soil. The lag time before the onset of CH4evolution was shorter and the fraction of gases evolved composed of CH4higher in the high TP soil for all substrates tested. Addition of PO4stimulated C mineralization in low TP soil amended with acetate, glucose, or sawgrass, but either had no effect or depressed mineralization of these substrates in the high TP soil. No significant differences in rates of CH4oxidation were observed between the two soils. Our results indicate that soil P levels may play a significant role in determining the relative importance of aerobic and anaerobic microbial metabolism in these soils. © 1995 Williams & Wilkins.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Soil Science
Volume
159
Issue
2
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Amador, José A., and Ronald D. Jones. "Carbon mineralization in pristine and phosphorus-enriched peat soils of the Florida Everglades." Soil Science 159, 2 (1995). doi: 10.1097/00010694-199502000-00008.