Interactions between earthworms and mesofauna has no significant effect on emissions of CO2 and N2O from soil

Wu, Haitao; Lu, Mingzhu; Lü, Xianguo; Guan, Qiang; He, Xinhua

doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.06.005

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“…However, their (mostly enhancing) effects on N 2 O emission have mainly been determined as single-species effects. The few studies on species combinations of different soil fauna feeding groups with respect to N 2 O emissions show diverging results: from a strong increase of soil-derived N 2 O emissions for a combination of mesofaunal species (Thakur, Groenigen, Kuiper, & Deyn, 2014) to the absence of any interactive effects between earthworms and mesofauna (Schorpp et al, 2016;Wu, Lu, Lu, Guan, & He, 2015). Furthermore, most soil fauna-GHG emission studies to date have focussed on combinations of very few (up to four) different species under controlled laboratory conditions.…”

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Soil fauna diversity increases CO₂ but suppresses N₂O emissions from soil

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Berg

Deyn

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Global Change Biology

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Soil faunal activity can be a major control of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from soil. Effects of single faunal species, genera or families have been investigated, but it is unknown how soil fauna diversity may influence emissions of both carbon dioxide (CO2, end product of decomposition of organic matter) and nitrous oxide (N2O, an intermediate product of N transformation processes, in particular denitrification). Here, we studied how CO2 and N2O emissions are affected by species and species mixtures of up to eight species of detritivorous/fungivorous soil fauna from four different taxonomic groups (earthworms, potworms, mites, springtails) using a microcosm set‐up. We found that higher species richness and increased functional dissimilarity of species mixtures led to increased faunal‐induced CO2 emission (up to 10%), but decreased N2O emission (up to 62%). Large ecosystem engineers such as earthworms were key drivers of both CO2 and N2O emissions. Interestingly, increased biodiversity of other soil fauna in the presence of earthworms decreased faunal‐induced N2O emission despite enhanced C cycling. We conclude that higher soil fauna functional diversity enhanced the intensity of belowground processes, leading to more complete litter decomposition and increased CO2 emission, but concurrently also resulting in more complete denitrification and reduced N2O emission. Our results suggest that increased soil fauna species diversity has the potential to mitigate emissions of N2O from soil ecosystems. Given the loss of soil biodiversity in managed soils, our findings call for adoption of management practices that enhance soil biodiversity and stimulate a functionally diverse faunal community to reduce N2O emissions from managed soils.

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Soil fauna diversity increases CO₂ but suppresses N₂O emissions from soil

Lubbers

Berg

Deyn

et al. 2019

Global Change Biology

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“…Numerous studies have confirmed that earthworms affect soil CO 2 [22,33,34,35,36], through their direct and indirect impacts on the soil environment which depend on the quality of resources and microbial processes [22,37,38,39]. Earthworms enhance CO 2 emissions [13,23,38,40]. Generally earthworm-induced CO 2 emissions decreased over the duration of the experiment, and ceased to be significant beyond 200 days [22].…”

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Temporal Variation of Earthworm Impacts on Soil Organic Carbon under Different Tillage Systems

Guo

Zhang

et al. 2019

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Previous research has shown the varied effect of earthworms on soil carbon dynamics. We carried out a 180-day incubation experiment with earthworms and maize residue additions under conventional tillage (CT) and no tillage (NT) system conditions to quantify the earthworm effect in the black soil of northeastern China. Earthworms did not affect soil CO2 emissions, while residue addition significantly increased such emissions. The effects of earthworms on dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and microbial biomass carbon (MBC) gradually weakened with time in CT with and without residue addition, but gradually increased with time in NT with residue addition. In the CT system, earthworms accelerated the soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization; and the newly added residue decomposed into SOC. In the NT system, earthworms accelerated the decomposition of native residues increasing the SOC content; this increase in decomposition rates by earthworms was greater than the inhibitory effect imposed by the addition of the new residue. Earthworms and residues combine to play a single role in CT and NT. This result will help in the understanding of the role of earthworms and residue in SOC dynamics, and in the development of management strategies to improve SOC.

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“…Sebagai dekomposer, mesofauna tanah juga dapat berperan sebagai indikator kesuburan tanah (Adeduntan, 2009). Hal ini karena sebagian mesofauna tanah ada yang berperan dalam menurunkan C/N rasio tanah sehingga hara lebih tersedia bagi tanama (Wu, et al, 2015;Zhu, et al, 2017).…”

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Keberadaan dan Peran Mesofauna Tanah di Perkebunan Jeruk Siam (Citrus nobilis) di Kecamatan Bayongbong, Garut

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Swardana

Nafi'ah

2022

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Jeruk siam (Citrus nobilis) merupakan salah satu jenis komoditas buah-buahan yang digemari masyarakat Indonesia. Kegiatan budidaya jeruk siam tidak terlepas dari adanya organisme tanah yang berada di lahan tersebut. Salah satu organisme tanah yang mempengaruhi kondisi ekosistem budidaya jeruk siam adalah mesofauna tanah. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui keberadaan dan peran mesofauna tanah yang terdapat di lahan perkebunan jeruk siam. Penelitian dilakukan di Desa Mekarsari, Kecamatan Bayongbong, Kabupaten Garut pada Bulan Agustus – November 2021. Metode yang digunakan di dalam penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif deskriptif. Pengumpulan data dilakukan secara eksploratif (survey) dengan metode hand sorting. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa mesofauna tanah yang terdapat di perkebunan jeruk siam adalah rayap tanah. Keberadaan rayap tanah di lokasi penelitian terdapat pada pengamatan 1 – 6 dengan jumlah tertinggi pada pengamatan ke-4, yaitu sebanyak 40 ekor, sedangkan jumlah terendah terdapat pada pengamatan 1 dan 2 sebanyak 20 ekor. Peran rayap tanah di lahan penelitian adalah sebagai hama.

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Interactions between earthworms and mesofauna has no significant effect on emissions of CO2 and N2O from soil

Cited by 30 publications

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Soil fauna diversity increases CO₂ but suppresses N₂O emissions from soil

Soil fauna diversity increases CO₂ but suppresses N₂O emissions from soil

Temporal Variation of Earthworm Impacts on Soil Organic Carbon under Different Tillage Systems

Keberadaan dan Peran Mesofauna Tanah di Perkebunan Jeruk Siam (Citrus nobilis) di Kecamatan Bayongbong, Garut

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Interactions between earthworms and mesofauna has no significant effect on emissions of CO2 and N2O from soil

Cited by 30 publications

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Soil fauna diversity increases CO2 but suppresses N2O emissions from soil

Soil fauna diversity increases CO2 but suppresses N2O emissions from soil

Temporal Variation of Earthworm Impacts on Soil Organic Carbon under Different Tillage Systems

Keberadaan dan Peran Mesofauna Tanah di Perkebunan Jeruk Siam (Citrus nobilis) di Kecamatan Bayongbong, Garut

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Soil fauna diversity increases CO₂ but suppresses N₂O emissions from soil

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