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Organic matter stabilization in two Andisols of contrasting age under temperate rain forest

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Recent studies with Andisols show that the carbon (C) stabilization capacity evolves with soil age relative to the evolution of the mineral phase. However, it is not clear how soil mineralogical changes during pedogenesis are related to the composition of soil organic matter (SOM) and 14C activity as an indicator for the mean residence time of soil organic matter (SOM). In the present study, we analyzed the contribution of allophane and metal–SOM complexes to soil C stabilization. Soil organic matter was analyzed with solid-state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Additionally, the soil was extracted with Na-pyrophosphate (Alp, Fep) and oxalate (Alo, Sio, and Feo). Results supported the hypothesis that allophane plays a key role for SOM stabilization in deep and oldest soil, while SOM stabilization by metal (Al and Fe) complexation is more important in the surface horizons and in younger soils. The metal/Cp ratio (Cp extracted in Na-pyrophosphate), soil pH, and radiocarbon age seemed to be important indicators for formation of SOM–metal complexes or allophane in top- and subsoils of Andisols. Changes in main mineral stabilization agents with soil age do not influence SOM composition. We suggest that the combination of several chemical parameters (Alp, Fep and Cp, metal/Cp ratio, and pH) which change through soil age controls SOM stabilization.

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Acknowledgments

The authors want to thank FONDECYT project no. 1080065 for the financial support of this study. We also acknowledge ECOSSUD-CONICYT C08U01 for their financial support between the French and the Chilean research groups. The first author thanks the research group of CNRS, BIOEMCO (UMR Université Paris VI et XI-CNRS-IRD-AgroParisTech), Thiverval-Grignon, France. We thank also the Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde, TU-München-Weihenstephan, Germany, for providing access to the NMR instrument during a scientific internship of the first author and the ESF for providing a travel grant under the framework of the MOLTER program. The first author also thanks MECESUP and CONICYT scholarship program for financial support during the doctorate program. Finally, our recognition to N. Sepulveda and C. Albornoz for their support in the laboratory at Universidad de La Frontera.

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  1. Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile

    Rodrigo Neculman, Francisco Matus & María de la Luz Mora

  2. CNRS, BIOEMCO (UMR Université Paris VI et XI-CNRS-IRD-AgroParisTech), Thiverval-Grignon, France

    Rodrigo Neculman & Cornelia Rumpel

  3. Departamento de Ciencias Químicas y Recursos Naturales, Universidad de La Frontera, Av. Francisco Salazar 01145, P.O. Box 54-D, Temuco, Chile

    Francisco Matus

  4. Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

    Roberto Godoy

  5. Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde, Department für Ökologie und Ökosystemmanagement, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan für Ernährung, Landnutzung und Umwelt, Technische Universität München, 85350, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

    Markus Steffens

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Neculman, R., Rumpel, C., Matus, F. et al. Organic matter stabilization in two Andisols of contrasting age under temperate rain forest. Biol Fertil Soils 49, 681–689 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-012-0758-2

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