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Validating laboratory insights into the drivers of soil rewetting respiration pulses with field measurements
Abstract. Improved understanding of the mechanisms driving heterotrophic CO2 emissions after rewetting of a dry soil may improve projections of future soil carbon fate. While drying and rewetting (DRW) under laboratory conditions has demonstrated that heterotrophic CO2 emissions depend on DRW features and soil and environmental conditions, these laboratory insights have not been validated in field conditions. To this aim, we collated mean respiration rates over 48 hours after rewetting from two data sources: 37 laboratory studies reporting data for more than three DRW cycles (laboratory respiration, LR), and six field datasets recording hourly heterotrophic respiration and soil moisture (field respiration, FR). LR and FR were explained by six predictors using random forest algorithms and partial dependence plots. Results indicated that the most important driver of LR and FR were SOC and temperature, respectively. Both LR and FR increased with increasing SOC and temperature. LR increased with soil dryness before rewetting, but this trend was less clear in FR. LR decreased with soil moisture increments at rewetting, while FR increased with soil moisture increments. LR was higher in soils from humid climates than from arid climates, but this effect was not observed in FR. We concluded that laboratory insights could be partly validated with current datasets. Caution should be taken when extending laboratory insights to predicting fluxes in ecosystem.
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CC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-3324', Oliver Dilly, 18 Nov 2024
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Dear authors,
with interest I read your paper. Some points may be added from earlier studies.
Not only organic matter and temperature seems key for respiration during rewetting but also vegetation pattern, soil microbiota chacterisitics and also abiotic factors like salt/aridity.Sincerely Oliver Dilly
Some related own observations:
Dilly O., Mogge B., Kutsch W. L., Kappen L., Munch J.C. (1997) Aspects of carbon and nitrogen cycling in soils of the Bornhöved Lake district. I. Microbial biomass content, microbial activities and in situ emissions of carbon dioxide as well as nitrous oxide of arable and grassland soils. Biogeochemistry 39, 189-205
Mamilov A. Sh., Dilly O. (2002) Soil microbial eco-physiology as affected by short-term variations in environmental conditions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 34, 1283-1290
Mamilov A., Dilly O.M., Mamilov S., Inubushi K. (2004) Microbial eco-physiology of degrading Aral Sea wetlands. Consequences for C-cycling. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 50, 839-842
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CC2: 'Reply on CC1', Xiankun Li, 19 Nov 2024
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Thank you for these references.
When we get a chance to revise this preprint, we will most likely cite them in the Introduction and Uncertainties.
Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3324-CC2
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CC2: 'Reply on CC1', Xiankun Li, 19 Nov 2024
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