11:30 〜 11:45
[ACG40-04] 東広島常緑照葉樹林における微生物呼吸に対する長期的な温暖化の影響
キーワード:地球温暖化、微生物呼吸、チャンバー、常緑広葉樹林、土壌有機炭素、アジアモンスーン
Soil respiration is the second largest carbon flux in terrestrial ecosystems, and consists of root respiration and heterotrophic respiration (Rh). Global Rh is estimated to be 51–57 GtC yr-1, more than the half of global soil respiration. It is commonly observed that Rh exponentially increases with rising temperature. Therefore, only a tiny rise of temperature will result in remarkable increase of Rh. That point implies that increased global Rh under warmer environment might further accelerate global warming (positive feedback). However, long-term soil warming experiment that verify the response of Rh to global warming is totally limited in Asian monsoon forests where exhibit high productivity. Examining the response of Asian monsoon forest soil to global warming is thought to be critical for precise estimation for future climate change.
To examine the long-term influence of soil warming on Rh in an Asian monsoon forest, we set multi-channel automated chamber and soil warming systems in an evergreen broad-leaved forest in western Japan, Higashi Hiroshima in September 2007. We prepared 10 trenched chambers (90 cm × 90 cm × 50 cm) to continuously measure Rh. Half of those trenched chambers were artificially warmed by infrared heaters 1.6 m above the soil surface (+2.5ºC), and influence of soil warming on Rh was examined by comparing Rh and warmed Rh for 10 years.
Soil moisture and Rh were strongly related during summer period from July to September. Few precipitation and low soil moisture level in summer period caused to decrease Rh, and the decrease resulted in the decline of annual temperature sensitivity of Rh (Q10). Those results suggested that precipitation and soil moisture during summer period is one of the important control factor for long-term response of Rh to warmer environment.
To examine the long-term influence of soil warming on Rh in an Asian monsoon forest, we set multi-channel automated chamber and soil warming systems in an evergreen broad-leaved forest in western Japan, Higashi Hiroshima in September 2007. We prepared 10 trenched chambers (90 cm × 90 cm × 50 cm) to continuously measure Rh. Half of those trenched chambers were artificially warmed by infrared heaters 1.6 m above the soil surface (+2.5ºC), and influence of soil warming on Rh was examined by comparing Rh and warmed Rh for 10 years.
Soil moisture and Rh were strongly related during summer period from July to September. Few precipitation and low soil moisture level in summer period caused to decrease Rh, and the decrease resulted in the decline of annual temperature sensitivity of Rh (Q10). Those results suggested that precipitation and soil moisture during summer period is one of the important control factor for long-term response of Rh to warmer environment.