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Contribution of inorganic carbon to CO2 emissions under a Mediterranean agroforestry system

Chevallier T., Cardinael R., Guenet B., Cozzi T., Girardin C., Chenu C.. 2020. In : EGU General Assembly 2020: abstracts and presentations. Vienne : EGU, 1 p.. EGU General Assembly 2020, 2020-05-04/2020-05-08, Vienne (Autriche).

DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-10139

In the last years, soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics have been explored for agronomic and environmental issues in different agro systems. Many soils of the world, especially in arid and semi-arid environments, contain large stocks of soil inorganic carbon (SIC) as carbonates. Yet, the SOC dynamics has been poorly investigated in these soils, due to the complexity of measurements and of the processes involved. Indeed, few previous studies have shown links between SIC and SOC dynamics. Theses interactions are initiated by biological activities, i.e. CO2production, are explained through equilibrium equations between soil carbonates and bicarbonates. However, few data were available on the specific impact of SIC on SOC mineralization especially at increasing soil depth. Alley agroforestry systems increased SOC content in the tree rows without any change in the SIC content. The heterogeneity in organic inputs and SOC contents induced by alley agroforestry allows the investigation of the interactions between SIC and SOC onCO2emissions.To assess contributions of SIC to CO2emissionswith depth, we incubated carbonaceous soil samples coming from an 18-year-old agroforestry system (both tree row and alley) and an adjacent agricultural plot. Soil samples were taken at four different depths: 0-10, 10-30, 70-100 and 160-180 cm. Total CO2emissions, the isotopic composition (d13C,‰) of the CO2and microbial biomass were measured. The SIC concentrations were from 48 to 63 g C kg-1soil and the SOC concentrations from 4 to 17g C kg-1soil. The total amounts of CO2emissions from soil were correlated to C contents and decreased with depth (from 183-569 µgC g-1soil in top soil vs 21-25 µgC g-1soil in subsoil). The contribution of SIC-derived CO2was not homogenous along the soil profile. It represented about 20% in the topsoil and 60% in the subsoil of the total soil CO2emissions.As the SOC content and the microbial biomass, the SOC-derived CO2emissions were larger in the topsoil especiall

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