滨海人工林土壤呼吸各组分对台风强降雨的响应

根据预测,随着全球变暖,极端降水将更加频繁和剧烈,可能对土壤呼吸及其组分产生重大影响。然而目前对极端降雨如何影响土壤呼吸各组分的认识仍是缺乏的。因此选取亚热带滨海湿地松和尾巨桉人工林土壤为研究对象,于2015年8月在设置去除根系和对照处理一年后,应用Li-8100土壤CO_2通量测定系统,对2次台风强降雨前后的土壤呼吸速率和环境因子进行原位监测,分析2次台风前后土壤呼吸各组分对强降雨的响应规律。结果表明:(1)2次台风强降雨显著改善了土壤的水分状况,促进了土壤呼吸各组分。2种人工林土壤总呼吸、异养呼吸均呈现出快速上升、后逐渐下降的趋势,而土壤自养呼吸的上升不明显。土壤总呼吸与异养呼吸的峰值与土壤湿度的峰值同步,而自养呼吸峰值要滞后1天。(2)第一次降雨,湿地松和尾巨桉土壤异养呼吸对总呼吸的贡献率分别是自养呼吸的5.15和6.28倍。相比于土壤自养呼吸(R_a),异养呼吸增加的幅度更大且响应更快。(3)第一次降雨湿地松土壤总呼吸、异养呼吸及尾巨桉土壤异养呼吸与土壤湿度的二次曲线关系存在拐点,而第二次降雨促进了2种人工林土壤异养呼吸、总呼吸速率。2次台风强降雨湿地松和尾巨桉人工林的土壤自养呼吸均和土壤湿度无显著相关性(P0.05)。综上,研究结果强调了极端降水对土壤呼吸及其组分的显著影响,应该将其纳入模型中,以提高对碳-气候反馈的预测。     

紫色土旱坡地土壤异养呼吸速率及其温度敏感性

为探讨紫色土旱坡地土壤异养呼吸速率特征,采用静态暗箱-气相色谱法于2010年12月至2011年10月观测了土壤异养呼吸日变化、季节性变化及土壤温度和湿度.结果表明:土壤异养呼吸速率日变化特征呈单峰型曲线,其最大值和最小值分别出现在16:00和08:00;土壤异养呼吸速率季节变化明显,冬季低,夏季高,最大值为654.2 mg CO2/(m2 h),最低值为38.1 mg CO2/(m2 h),平均值为325.2 mg CO2/(m2h),小麦季土壤异养呼吸CO2排放总量为307.9 g C/m2,玉米季为384.8 g C/m2,全年为692.7 g C/m2,玉米季土壤异养呼吸CO2排放总量显著高于小麦季(P＜0.05);小麦季土壤异养呼吸敏感性参数Q10值高于玉米季,说明小麦季土壤异养呼吸速率对温度变化较玉米季敏感.地表温度和土壤5 cm温度的Q10值分别为3.16和3.22,土壤5 cm温度对土壤异养呼吸速率的影响较地表温度敏感;当土壤湿度(WFPS)高于60％时,土壤湿度和土壤异养呼吸速率为显著的负相关(R=-0.550,P=0.02),60％以下二者无显著关系,该研究可为调控紫色土旱坡地有机碳气态支出过程提供参考.     

高频观测的土壤异养呼吸昼夜变化

正森林土壤是陆地生态系统土壤中最大的碳库,约占全球土壤碳库的3/4,在全球C循环中起至关重要作用[1]。土壤异养呼吸(Heterotrophic respiration,Rh)是森林生态系统土壤碳库损失的主要途径。土壤异养呼吸是指土壤在微生物参与下的矿化过程,主要包括根际微生物呼吸、矿质土壤呼吸(无根土壤)和枯枝落叶层呼吸,由于土壤动物呼吸量不大,因此森林生态系统的异养呼吸主要表现为矿质土壤呼吸[2-4]。土壤异养呼吸具有高度的空间变异性,在全球范围内,异养呼吸所占总呼吸的比例为7%~83%,其中在热带和温带(30%~83%)森林生态系统中所占比例高于寒带地区(7%~     

极端干旱区增雨对泡泡刺(Nitraria sphaerocarpa)群落土壤呼吸的影响

在极端干旱区(敦煌)以泡泡刺群落为研究对象,测定分析了生长季内增雨对泡泡刺灌丛和裸地土壤呼吸速率的影响.结果表明:增雨增加了灌丛和裸地的土壤呼吸速率,且增雨越多,增量越大,对土壤呼吸影响的持续时间也越长;以月为单位,每增雨16 mm和24 mm分别使裸地土壤呼吸速率显著增加90％和106％(p＜0.01),增雨8 mm、16 mm和24 mm则分别使灌丛土壤呼吸速率显著增加68％、157％和205％ (p＜0.01);裸地和灌丛土壤呼吸对增雨响应的时间不同步,且灌丛土壤呼吸对增雨的响应量比裸地快118％;整个生长季土壤呼吸速率和土壤含水量有明显的正相关关系(p＜0.01),并且每增雨1 mm,裸地和灌丛土壤呼吸速率分别增加0.01μmol·m-2·s-1和0.04 μmol·m-2·s-1.     

川中丘陵区人工桤柏混交林根呼吸对土壤总呼吸的贡献

采用挖壕沟法和根系生物量外推法对桤柏混交林地根呼吸在土壤总呼吸的贡献进行了为期1 a的对比研究。研究表明,两种方法测得的根呼吸平均速率分别为0.64μmol CO2/（m^2.s）和0.54μmol CO2/（m^2.s）,挖壕沟法高于根系生物量外推法的测定结果。两种方法计算的根呼吸占土壤呼吸的比例具有明显的季节变化,均表现为夏季（5～6月）较高而冬季（1～2月）较低,变化范围分别为13%～51%、11%～56%,平均分别为34%和31%;林木生长季节根呼吸比例均高于非生长季,两种方法测定的林木生长季根呼吸比例分别为41%和38%。方差分析表明两种方法测定根呼吸比例之间差异不显著（p〉0.05）。     

亚热带马尼拉草坪生态系统呼吸昼夜变化研究初报

采用Li-8100对亚热带马尼拉草坪生态系统呼吸及其分室昼夜动态进行研究,结果表明,草坪生态系统呼吸、土壤呼吸和植物地上部分呼吸速率的昼夜变化均表现为单峰曲线,呼吸速率日最高值出现在中午13:00～14:00;草坪生态系统的呼吸速率最低值只出现在6月的7:00左右,其他月份的最低值出现在23:00～2:00;土壤呼吸速率的最低值出现在4月和6月的7:00左右,8月则在2:00达最低值,11月土壤呼吸速率波动不大,极值不太明显.生态系统呼吸速率始终表现为白天高于夜间.4月、6月、8月和11月生态系统呼吸的日排放C量分别为27.30、43.94、44.79和25.18 g m2 d-1.6月、8月和11月土壤日呼吸量占整个生态系统日呼吸总量的比例大约为50%,远小于4月的74%.除11月外,生态系统、土壤总呼吸速率的昼夜变化均与5 cm土温呈显著的指数相关.草坪生态系统呼吸的Q10值大小顺序为4月>11月>6月>8月,土壤总呼吸的Q10值大小顺序为6月>4月>8月>11月;除11月外,土壤呼吸的Q10值大于生态系统呼吸.     

三江平原小叶章沼泽化草甸土壤呼吸对模拟氮沉降的响应

对三江平原小叶章(Calamagrostis angustifolia)沼泽化草甸进行为期2 a的模拟氮沉降实验,氮沉降水平分别为对照[0 g/(m2·a)氮]、低氮[4 g/(m2·a)氮]和高氮[8 g/(m2·a)氮]。采用动态气室法(LI-6400-09叶室连接到LI-6400便携式CO2/H2O分析系统)测定土壤呼吸速率。结果表明,小叶章沼泽化草甸土壤呼吸速率季节动态曲线呈抛物线模式,在7月达到最高值;土壤呼吸速率和土壤温度之间呈显著的指数相关关系(R2为0.47~0.69);仅高氮处理土壤呼吸速率与土壤含水量表现出负指数相关关系(p0.05,R2=0.27);氮沉降对土壤呼吸的影响依据氮沉降水平而异,低氮处理下,土壤呼吸速率为(5.57±0.91)μmol/(m2·s),比对照处理土壤呼吸速率(5.18±0.86)μmol/(m2·s)高8%(p0.05),高氮处理的土壤呼吸速率(4.93±0.53)μmol/(m2·s)则比对照处理稍低。不同氮沉降处理下,土壤呼吸温度系数Q10值分别为2.93、2.43和2.03,Q10值随着氮沉降水平呈现逐渐降低的趋势。氮沉降可能抑制了土壤呼吸的温度敏感性。     

亚热带马尼拉草坪生态系统呼吸昼夜变化研究初报

采用Li-8100对亚热带马尼拉草坪生态系统呼吸及其分室昼夜动态进行研究,结果表明,草坪生态系统呼吸、土壤呼吸和植物地上部分呼吸速率的昼夜变化均表现为单峰曲线,呼吸速率日最高值出现在中午13：00～14：00;草坪生态系统的呼吸速率最低值只出现在6月的7：00左右,其他月份的最低值出现在23：00～2：00;土壤呼吸速率的最低值出现在4月和6月的7：00左右,8月则在2：00达最低值,11月土壤呼吸速率波动不大,极值不太明显．生态系统呼吸速率始终表现为白天高于夜间．4月、6月、8月和11月生态系统呼吸的日排放C量分别为27．30、43．94、44．79和25．18g m^2d^-1．6月、8月和11月土壤日呼吸量占整个生态系统日呼吸总量的比例大约为50％,远小于4月的74％．除11月外,生态系统、土壤总呼吸速率的昼夜变化均与5cm土温呈显著的指数相关．草坪生态系统呼吸的Q10值大小顺序为4月〉11月〉6月〉8月,土壤总呼吸的Q10值大小顺序为6月〉4月〉8月〉11月;除11月外,土壤呼吸的Q10值大于生态系统呼吸．     

气候变化对净生态系统生产力的影响

基于生态系统碳平衡方程以及净第一性生产力 (NPP) 和气候资料反演了1km分辨率的中国土壤异养呼吸系数 (aij),结果表明：aij总体上是东南和东北地区高,西北地区低;和NPP相比,东南沿海和华南的大部分地区的aij值并不大,而在东北北部和东部有大面积的aij高值区。这表明当气候适宜时,这些地区的土壤异养呼吸将具有较大的增长潜力。在假定气温平均升高1.5^oC,降水平均增加5%的情景下,对中国净生态系统生产力 (NEP) 的研究表明：生态系统与大气的碳通量都有所增加,其中NPP平均增加了6.2%,土壤异养呼吸平均增加了5.5％,不同生态系统的NEP存在很大的差异,其中最稳定最有潜力的自然生态系统的碳汇是北方落叶针叶林;对人工植被而言,最多最稳定的碳汇是一年一熟作物;而双季稻连作喜温作物和单 (双) 季稻连作喜凉作物生态系统起着较稳定的碳源作用。     

沙地土壤呼吸观测与测定方法比较

采用动态密闭气室法(IRGA)和碱液吸收法(AA)对科尔沁沙地不同生境(固定、半固定和流动沙丘)土壤呼吸的日动态、季节动态及其影响因子进行了测定分析,并对两种方法进行了比较.结果表明:(1)从固定到半固定沙丘、半固定到流动沙丘,随着植物群落盖度及土壤有机质含量的降低,土壤呼吸速率呈现递减的趋势.整个测定期用IRGA法和AA法测定的平均土壤呼吸速率,固定沙丘分别为2.348和0.878μmolCO2·m-2·s-1,半固定沙丘分别为1.666和0.812μmolCO2·m-2·s-1,流动沙丘分别为1.061和0.573μmolCO2·m-2·s-1.(2)各生境土壤呼吸速率的昼夜变化与气温和土壤温度的变化趋势一致,与近地表空气湿度的变化趋势相反.(3)各生境土壤呼吸速率的季节变化与温度不完全同步,但其对温度的依赖程度显著高于土壤水分.(4)AA法测定的结果明显低于IRGA法,平均为IRGA法的48%;两种方法具有很好的相关性(R2=0.649 5,p＜0.001).     

科尔沁沙地夏秋(6—9月)季不同类型沙丘土壤呼吸对气温变化的响应

 通过测定分析了科尔沁沙地6—9月不同生境（固定、半固定和流动沙丘）土壤呼吸速率的日动态、月际动态及其对气温变化的响应。结果表明：测定期平均土壤呼吸速率在各生境间存在显著差异,其大小为固定沙丘（2.35 μmolCO₂·m^-2·s^-1）＞半固定沙丘（1.67 μmolCO₂·m^-2·s^-1）＞流动沙丘（1.06 μmolCO₂·m^-2·s^-1）;指数模型能够较好地揭示不同生境土壤呼吸对气温变化的响应,但土壤呼吸的月际动态与气温变化不完全同步;各生境土壤在高温环境下的Q10值(土壤呼吸对温度敏感程度)普遍低于低温环境下的Q₁₀值;固定、半固定和流动沙丘基于气温月际变化的Q₁₀值分别为2.34、1.99和1.31,表明不同的植被状况和土壤性质会影响到土壤呼吸对温度变化的敏感程度。     

内蒙古锡林河流域羊草草原植物生长旺季呼吸的影响因素分析和区分

Based on the static opaque chamber method,the respiration rates of soil microbial respiration,soil respiration,and ecosystem respiration were measured through continuous in-situ experiments during rapid growth season in semiarid Leymus chinensis steppe in the Xilin River Basin of Inner Mongolia,China. Soil temperature and moisture were the main factor affecting respiration rates. Soil temperature can explain most CO2 efflux variations (R2=0.376-0.655) excluding data of low soil water conditions. Soil moisture can also effectively explain most of the variations of soil and ecosystem respiration (R2=0.314-0.583),but it can not explain much of the variation of microbial respiration (R2=0.063). Low soil water content (≤5%) inhibited CO2 efflux though the soil temperature was high. Rewetting the soil after a long drought resulted in substantial increases in CO2 flux at high temperature. Bi-variable models based on soil temperature at 5 cm depth and soil moisture at 0-10 cm depth can explain about 70% of the variations of CO2 effluxes. The contribution of soil respiration to ecosystem respiration averaged 59.4%,ranging from 47.3% to 72.4%; the contribution of root respiration to soil respiration averaged 20.5%,ranging from 11.7% to 51.7%. The contribution of soil to ecosystem respiration was a little overestimated and root to soil respiration little underestimated because of the increased soil water content that occurred as a result of plant removal.     

Comparison of soil physico-chemical properties under different land-use and cover types in northeastern China's Horqin Sandy Land

The Horqin Sandy Land of northeastern China was originally a grassland with plenty of water and lush vegetation dominated by palatable grass species along with sparsely scattered woody species. However, it has experienced severe desertification in recent decades due to its fragile ecology together with inappropriate human activities. Currently, the landscape of the Horqin Sandy Land is dominated by irrigated croplands and sand dunes with different degrees of vegetation cover, as the region has become the most important part of the semiarid agro-pastoral ecotone of northern China. In this study, we compared soil physical and chemical properties under different land-use and cover types (irrigated cropland, rainfed cropland, sandy grassland, fixed dunes, and mobile dunes). We found that soil particle size distribution; organic C, total N, and total mineral element, microelement, and available microelement and nutrient contents; pH; CEC; and bulk density differed significantly among the land-use and cover types. In general, soil quality was highest in the cropland, intermediate in the sandy grassland, and lowest in the dunes. The most important soil quality attribute, soil organic carbon (SOC) storage, decreased in the following order: irrigated cropland (5,699 g/m²) > sandy grassland (3,390 g/m²) > rainfed cropland (2,411 g/m²) > fixed dunes (821 g/m²) > mobile dunes (463 g/m²). SOC was significantly positively correlated with a large proportion of the other soil physico-chemical parameters. Our results suggest that the key issue in restoration of the degraded soils will be to increase SOC storage, which would also create a high potential for sequestering soil C in desertified areas of the Horqin Sandy Land.     

樟子松固沙林土壤碳截存及土壤呼吸对干湿变化的响应

 在科尔沁沙地测定分析了流动沙丘栽植樟子松林23 a后的土壤碳截存作用,以及林地和流动沙丘土壤呼吸对干湿变化的响应。结果表明:①流动沙丘造林后土壤容重减小,土壤颗粒中极细沙和黏粉粒含量显著增加;②樟子松林地0~5 cm和5~15 cm层土壤有机碳截存量分别为221.8 g·m-2和113.9 g·m-2,截存速率分别为9.64 g·m-2·a-1和4.95 g·m-2·a-1;CaCO3-C截存量分别为4.0 g·m-2和2.5 g·m-2, 截存速率分别为0.17 g·m-2·a-1和0.11 g·m-2·a-1;③干旱条件下土壤呼吸随气温的升高呈现指数减小;无论是干旱还是降雨后,林地土壤呼吸速率均显著高于流动沙丘;④降雨刺激后土壤呼吸显著增加,林地增加的幅度显著高于流动沙丘;林地地表凋落物去除后土壤呼吸速率下降,并且在降雨后下降更为明显。     

Screening of cellulose decomposing fungi in sandy dune soil of Horqin Sandy Land

Cellulose decomposing fungi play an important role in litter decomposition and are decisive in nutrient cycling in sandy land ecosystems. Thirty-one strains were isolated to select efficient cellulose decomposers, and four efficient cellulose decomposing fungi (NM3-1, NM3-2, NM3-3, and NM3-4) were screened using a CMC (carboxymethyl cellulose) carbon source in dune soil of Horqin Sandy Land. They were identified as Asperigillus calidoustus, Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium solani, and Hypocrea lixii by rDNA-ITS molecular biological methods. Cloth decomposition rates were 15.71%, 15.89%, 17.29%, and 17.89% by the four efficient decomposers incubated for 30 days, respectively. Screening of efficient cellulose decomposers can not only increase the dune soil functional microbe bank, but can also accelerate litter decomposition and available nutrient input in the Horqin Sandy Land.     

Comparative study on Co<Subscript>2</Subscript> emissions from different types of alpine meadows during grass exuberance period

Potentilla fruticosa scrub,Kobresia humilis meadow andKobresia tibetica meadow are widely distributed on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. During the grass exuberance period from 3 July to 4 September, based on close chamber-GC method, a study on CO₂ emissions from different treatments was conducted in these meadows at Haibei research station, CAS. Results indicated that mean CO₂ emission rates from various treatments were 672.09±152.37 mgm^-2h^-1 for FC (grass treatment); 425.41± 191.99 mgm^-2h^-1 for FJ (grass exclusion treatment); 280.36±174.83 mgm^-2h^-1 for FL (grass and roots exclusion treatment); 838.95±237.02 mgm^-2h^-1 for GG (scrub+grass treatment); 528.48±205.67 mgm^-2h^-1 for GC (grass treatment); 268.97±99.72 mgm^-2h^-1 for GL (grass and roots exclusion treatment); and 659.20±94.83 mgm^-2h^-1 for LC (grass treatment), respectively (FC, FJ, FL, GG, GC, GL, LC were the Chinese abbreviation for various treatments). Furthermore,Kobresia humilis meadow,Potentilla fruticosa scrub meadow andKobresia tibetica meadow differed greatly in average CO₂ emission rate of soil-plant system, in the order of GG>FC>LC>GC. Moreover, inKobresia humilis meadow, heterotrophic and autotrophic respiration accounted for 42% and 58% of the total respiration of soil-plant system respectively, whereas, inPotentilla fruticosa scrub meadow, heterotrophic and autotrophic respiration accounted for 32% and 68% of total system respiration from GG; 49% and 51% from GC. In addition, root respiration fromKobresia humilis meadow approximated 145 mgCO₂m^-2h^-1, contributed 34% to soil respiration. During the experiment period,Kobresia humilis meadow andPotentilla fruticosa scrub meadow had a net carbon fixation of 111.11 gm^-2 and 243.89 gm^-2, respectively. Results also showed that soil temperature was the main factor which influenced CO₂ emission from alpine meadow ecosystem, significant correlations were found between soil temperature at 5 cm depth and emission from GG, GC, FC and FJ treatments. In addition, soil moisture may be the inhibitory factor of CO₂ emission fromKobresia tibetica meadow, and more detailed analyses should be done in further research.     

Water content and land use history controlling soil CO2 respiration and carbon stock in savanna soil and groundnut fields in semi-arid Senegal

Decomposition of soil organic carbon (SOC) regulates the partitioning between soil C-stock and release of CO₂ to the atmosphere and is vital for soil fertility. Agricultural expansion followed by decreasing amounts of SOC and soil fertility is a problem mainly seen in tropical agro-ecosystems where fertilizers are in short supply. This paper focuses on factors influencing temporal trends in soil respiration measured as CO₂ effluxes in grass savanna compared with groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) fields in the semi-arid part of Senegal in West Africa. Based on laboratory experiments, soil CO₂ production has been expressed as a function of temperature and soil water content by fit equations. Field measurements included soil CO₂ effluxes, soil temperatures and water contents. Effluxes in grass savanna and groundnut fields during the dry season were negligible, while effluxes during the rainy season were about 3–8 μmol CO₂ m^?2 s^?1, decreasing to less than 1 μmol by the end of the growing season. Annual soil CO₂ production was simulated to be in the range of 31–38 mol C m^?2. Furthermore, a controlled water addition experiment revealed the importance of rain during the dry season for the overall turnover of soil organic matter.     

Afforestation effects on soil microbial abundance, microbial biomass carbon and enzyme activity in dunes of Horqin Sandy Land, northeastern China

In order to investigate the effects of afforestation on soil microbial abundance, microbial biomass carbon and enzyme activity in sandy dunes, 20-year-old Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica Litv. (PSM) and Populus simonii Carrière (PSC) mature forests were selected in Horqin Sandy Land, and mobile dunes was set as a control (CK). Results show that PSM and PSC plantations can improve soil physicochemical properties and significantly increase microbiological activity in mobile dunes. Soil microbial abundance, microbial biomass carbon and enzyme activity show an order of PSPSMCK. Total soil microbial abundance in PSM and PSC was respectively 50.16 and 72.48 times more than that in CK, and the differences were significant among PSM, PSC and CK. Soil microbial biomass carbon in PSM and PSC was respectively 23.67 and 33.34 times more than that in CK, and the difference was insignificant between PSM and PSC. Soil enzyme activity, including dehydrogenase (DEH), peroxidase (PER), protease (PRO), urease (URE) and cellobiohydrolase (CEL) in PSM and PSC were respectively 19.00 and 27.54, 4.78 and 9.89, 4.05 and 8.67, 29.93 and 37.46, and 9.66 and 13.42 times of that in CK. P. sylvestris and P. simonii can effectively improve soil physicochemical and microbiological properties in sandy dunes and fix mobile dunes in Horqin Sandy Land. The C mic :C ratio is an applicable indicator to estimate soil stability and soil water availability, and based on an overall consideration of plantation stability and sustainability, P. sylvestris is better than P. simonii in fixing mobile dunes in sandy land.     

ISSR analysis of Caragana microphylla (Leguminosae) in different temperature gradients

Caragana microphylla is the most dominant and constructive shrub species in the Horqin Sandy Land of northeastern China. We evaluated the level of genetic variation within and among C. microphylla populations sampled from three different temperature gradients in the Horqin Sandy Land by using inter-simple sequence repeat polymorphism (ISSR) molecular markers. The results show that eight ISSR primers generated 127 bands, of which 123 (96.85%) were polymorphic. At the species level, genetic diversity was relatively high (P = 96.85%, h = 0.3143, I = 0.4790). The highest genetic diversity was observed in the Subp6 population from low temperature regions, whereas the lowest diversity was found in the Subp2 population from high temperature regions. Six populations of C. microphylla clustered into two clades. These results have important implications for restoring and managing the degraded ecosystem in arid and semi-arid areas.     

Vertical distribution of Artemisia halodendron root system in relation to soil properties in Horqin Sandy Land, NE China

Root distribution plays an important role in both vegetation establishment and restoration of degraded land through influencing soil property and vegetation growth. Root distribution at 0~60 cm depth of A. halodendron was investigated in Horqin Sandy Land. Soil organic carbon (SOC) and nitrogen (SN) concentration as well as carbon and nitrogen in root biomass and necromass were measured. Root length density (RLD) was estimated. Total root biomass, necromass and the RLD at 0~60 cm depth was 172 g/m², 245 g/m², and 368 m/m², respectively. Both biomass and necromass of A. halodendron roots decreased with soil depth, live roots were mainly at 0~20 cm (76% of biomass and 63% of root length), while 73% of the necromass was within 0~30 cm depth. N concentration of roots (biomass and necromass) was about 1.0% and 1.5%, respectively. There were significant differences in SOC concentration between soil layers, but insignificant for SN. Soil C/N ratio decreased with depth (P<0.05). C and N storage for belowground system at 0~60 cm decreased markedly with depth; 41.4% of C and 31.7% of N were allocated to the 0~10 cm layer. Root bio- and necromass together contained similar amount of C to that of the soil itself in the top layer. N stock was dominated by soil nitrogen at all depths, but more so in deeper layers. It is clear that differentiating between soil layers will aid in interpreting A. halodendron efficiency in soil restoration in sandy land.