Fire effects on C and H isotopic composition in plant biomass and soil: Bulk and particle size fractions.

Sci Total Environ

MOSS-Group, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS-CSIC), Av. Reina Mercedes, 10, 41012 Sevilla, Spain. Electronic address:

Published: December 2020

This work studies carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) isotope composition of plant biomass and soil organic matter (SOM) in an attempt to assess both, changes exerted by fire and possible inputs of charred materials to the soil after a wildfire. Isotope composition of bulk soil, soil particle size fractions and biomass of the dominant standing vegetation in the area (Quercus suber) from Doñana National Park (SW-Spain) were studied by isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS). SOM C isotope composition indicates the occurrence of two SOM pools with different degree of alteration. Coarse soil fractions (>0.5 mm) were found C depleted with δC values close to those in leaf biomass, pointing to a predominance of poorly transformed SOM. Conversely, fine fractions (<0.1 mm) were found enriched in C as corresponds to a more humified SOM. The fire produced no changes in this trend, although a consistent C enrichment (c. 1‰) was observed in all soil fractions with decreasing size. Concerning H isotopes, the coarse fractions (>0.5 mm) displayed significant lower δH values than the intermediate and fine ones (<0.5 mm), again similar to those in leaf biomass (c. -80‰), whereas the fine fractions were found deuterium (H)-enriched with significant higher δH values (c. 50‰), suggesting physical speciation of H depending on soil particle size. The fire produced a significant H depletion (ΔH c. -10‰) in the finer fractions (<0.1 mm). The study of stable isotope analysis added new information and complements the results obtained by other proxies to better understand the effect of fire on SOM.

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