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Assessment of Labile Organic Carbon in Soil Using Sequential Fumigation Incubation Procedures
Published on: October 29, 2016
[Effects of plant process on soil organic carbon concentration]
Hongbo Li1, Kun Shi, Deying Xu
1School of Environmental Science and Engineering of Environmental Science and Engineering, Dalian fiaotong University, Dalian 116028, China. xiao-hong810624@163.com
Abstract:
From the viewpoint of the globe and ecosystem, this paper reviewed the effects and the possible action mechanisms of plant process on soil organic carbon concentration. Plant process could affect the source and sink of soil organic carbon, which was likely related with ambient temperature, and forest process could be in favor of the accumulation of soil carbon. Future tasks in this field were put forward to reduce the CO2 concentration in atmosphere through controlling the respiration of soil surface layer and keeping ecosystem balance. It is crucial to make efforts in increasing plant biomass to enhance soil organic carbon storage.
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