ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Effects of Experimental Warming and CO2
Concentration Doubling on 13C CPMAS NMR
Spectra of Humin in Coniferous Forest Ecosystems
of the Eastern Tibetan Plateau in China
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Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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College of Earth Sciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China
Submission date: 2017-05-31
Final revision date: 2017-08-31
Acceptance date: 2018-03-04
Online publication date: 2019-01-18
Publication date: 2019-03-01
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2019;28(4):2223-2229
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Despite the perceived importance of humin to forest ecosystem C sequestration, few studies have
attempted to examine the responses to elevated temperature (ET, +2.5ºC) and elevated atmospheric CO2
concentration (EC, 700 ppm) on the chemical structures of humin. Solid-state 13C cross-polarization
magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (13C CPMAS NMR) spectroscopy was applied to
evaluate the 6-year effect of ET and EC on the chemical structure of humin under the coniferous forest
ecosystems in the eastern Tibetan Plateau of China. Results showed that ET treatment decreased soil
organic carbon (SOC), whereas EC and ETC treatment increased SOC. ET treatment decreased aromatic
C and carbonyl C of humin while increasing alkyl C, the ratios of alkyl C/O-alkyl C, aliphatic C/aromatic
C, and hydrophobic C/hydrophilic C. Compared with ET treatment, the ETC treatment had a similar but
reduced impact on the chemical structure of humin, while EC had slightly and undetectable impact on
the chemical structure of humin. The 6-year exposure to ET decreased SOC and changed the molecular
structure of soil humin to be more alkyline and hydrophobic, and it was a protection mechanism to the
sequestration and stability of organic C in soil.