The role of Fe(III) in soil organic matter stabilization in two size fractions having opposite features.

C cycle Coprecipitation Ferrihydrite Physical fractionation Sorption/desorption experiments

Journal

The Science of the total environment
ISSN: 1879-1026
Titre abrégé: Sci Total Environ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0330500

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
25 Feb 2019
Historique:
received: 21 06 2018
revised: 09 10 2018
accepted: 27 10 2018
entrez: 15 2 2019
pubmed: 15 2 2019
medline: 15 2 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Soil organic matter (SOM) protection, stability and long-term accumulation are controlled by several factors, including sorption onto mineral surfaces. Iron (Fe) has been suggested as a key regulator of SOM stability, both in acidic conditions, where Fe(III) is soluble, and in near-neutral pH environments, where it precipitates as Fe(III) (hydr)oxides. The present study aimed to probe, by sorption/desorption experiments in which Fe was added to the system, the mechanisms controlling Fe(III)-mediated organic carbon (C) stabilization; fine silt and clay (FSi + Cl) and fine sand (FSa) SOM fractions of three soils under different land uses were tested. Fe(III) addition caused a decrease in the organic C remaining in solution after reaction, indicating an Fe-mediated organic C stabilization effect. This effect was two times larger for FSa than for FSi + Cl, the former fraction being characterized by both low specific surface area and high organic C content. The organic C retained in the solid phase after Fe-mediated stabilization has relatively low sensitivity to desorption. Moreover, attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy indicated that Fe-mediated organic C stabilization can be mainly ascribed to the formation of complexes between carbohydrate OH functional groups and Fe oxides. These results demonstrate that the binding of labile SOM compounds to Fe(III) contributes to its preservation, and that the mechanisms involved (flocculation vs. coating) depend on the size fractions.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.361 PMID: 30759592
pubmed: 30759592
pii: S0048-9697(18)34261-X
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.361
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

667-674

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Beatrice Giannetta (B)

Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, via Brecce Bianche 10, 60131 Ancona, Italy.

Claudio Zaccone (C)

Department of the Sciences of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Foggia, via Napoli 25, 71122 Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: claudio.zaccone@unifg.it.

César Plaza (C)

Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 115 bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain.

Matthew G Siebecker (MG)

Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (ISE) Laboratory, 221 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716, USA.

Pere Rovira (P)

Forest Sciences and Technology Center of Catalonia, Carretera St Llorenç de Morunys, km 2, 25280 Solsona, Spain.

Costantino Vischetti (C)

Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, via Brecce Bianche 10, 60131 Ancona, Italy.

Donald L Sparks (DL)

Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (ISE) Laboratory, 221 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716, USA; Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (ISE) Laboratory, 221 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716, USA.

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