Effect of soil coarseness on soil base cations and available micronutrients  in a semi-arid sandy grassland

Lü, Linyou; Wang, Ruzhen; Liu, Heyong; Yin, Jinfei; Xiao, Jiangtao; Wang, Zhengwen; Zhao, Yan; Yu, Guoqing; Han, Xingguo; Jiang, Yong

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-549-2016

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-549-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-549-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

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12 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 12 Apr 2016

Effect of soil coarseness on soil base cations and available micronutrients in a semi-arid sandy grassland

Linyou Lü, Ruzhen Wang, Heyong Liu, Jinfei Yin, Jiangtao Xiao, Zhengwen Wang, Yan Zhao, Guoqing Yu, Xingguo Han, and Yong Jiang

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RC1: 'Revision se-2016-18', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Jan 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1 Comments', Ruzhen Wang, 03 Feb 2016
RC2: 'Review SE-2016-18', Martine van der Ploeg, 09 Mar 2016
AC2: 'Response to Two Reviewers Comments', Ruzhen Wang, 14 Mar 2016

Short summary

Soil coarseness is the main process decreasing soil organic matter and threatening the productivity of sandy grasslands. Previous studies demonstrated negative effect of soil coarseness on soil carbon storage, but less is known about how soil base cations (exchangeable Ca, Mg, K, and Na) and available micronutrients (available Fe, Mn, Cu, and Zn) response to soil coarseness. In a semi-arid grassland of northern China, a field experiment was initiated in 2011 to solve this problem.