scholarly journals ROLE OF MESOFAUNA ON LEAF LITTER DECOMPOSITION OF DENDROCALAMUS STRICTUS (ROXB.) NEES. AND SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Litter Decomposition ◽  
Soil Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Leaf Litter Decomposition ◽  
Dendrocalamus Strictus

scholarly journals Effect of biochar addition on leaf-litter decomposition at soil surface during three years in a warm-temperate secondary deciduous forest, Japan

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukiya Minamino ◽  
Nobuhide Fujitake ◽  
Takeshi Suzuki ◽  
Shinpei Yoshitake ◽  
Hiroshi Koizumi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Litter Decomposition ◽  
Forest Floor ◽  
Nutrient Dynamics ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Leaf Litter Decomposition ◽  
Dry Conditions

AbstractThe addition of biochar to the forest floor should facilitate efficient carbon sequestration. However, little is known about how biochar addition effects litter decomposition, which is related to carbon and nutrient dynamics in forest ecosystems. This study evaluated the effect of biochar addition on leaf litter decomposition in a forest ecosystem. To examine whether leaf litter decomposition was stimulated above and below biochar, litterbag experiments were carried out for about 3 years in a field site where biochar was added at the rate of 0, 5 and 10 t ha−¹ (C0, C5 and C10 plots) to the forest floor in a temperate oak forest, Japan. Biochar addition at C10 significantly enhanced litter decomposition below biochar for 2 years after treatment and above biochar for 1 year after treatment. Litter water content in biochar plots tended to increase under dry conditions. Biochar addition enhanced litter decomposition because of increased microbial activity with increased moisture content and accelerated the decomposition progress rather than changing the decomposition pattern. However, the carbon emission through changing leaf litter decomposition was small when compared with the carbon addition by biochar, indicating that biochar could be an effective material for carbon sequestration in forest ecosystems.

scholarly journals The role of stranding and inundation on leaf litter decomposition in headwater streams

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah L. Riedl ◽  
Laurie B. Marczak ◽  
Natalie A. McLenaghan ◽  
Trent M. Hoover
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Litter Decomposition ◽  
Headwater Streams ◽  
Leaf Litter Decomposition

High throughput pyrogenic carbon (biochar) characterisation and quantification by liquid chromatography

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (19) ◽  
pp. 8190-8196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wildson V. Cerqueira ◽  
Tatiana F. Rittl ◽  
Etelvino H. Novotny ◽  
Annibal D. Pereira Netto
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Soil Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Pyrogenic Carbon

Characterisation and quantification of the carbonaceous polyaromatic structure of pyrogenic carbon (PyC) are of paramount importance to evaluate the role of PyC in soil carbon sequestration.

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