Effects of aeolian deposition on soil properties and microbial carbon metabolism function in farmland of Songnen Plain, China.

ABSTRACT: The effects of wind erosion, one of the crucial causes of soil desertification in the world, on the terrestrial ecosystem are well known. However, ecosystem responses regarding soil microbial carbon metabolism to sand deposition caused by wind erosion, a crucial driver of biogeochemical cycles, remain largely unclear. In this study, we collected soil samples from typical aeolian deposition farmland in the Songnen Plain of China to evaluate the effects of sand deposition on soil properties, microbial communities, and carbon metabolism function. We also determined the reads number of carbon metabolism-related genes by high-throughput sequencing technologies and evaluated the association between sand deposition and them. The results showed that long-term sand deposition resulted in soil infer

SUBMITTER: Mo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11208439 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature