米槠常绿阔叶次生林和杉木人工林穿透雨和树干径流可溶性有机质浓度和质量的比较

以中亚热带米槠常绿阔叶次生林和杉木人工林为研究对象,定位观测了穿透雨和树干径流中可溶性有机质(DOM)浓度的变化,分析了DOM腐殖化程度和芳香性特征.结果表明: 研究区米槠次生林穿透雨可溶性有机碳(DOC)浓度的变化幅度明显高于杉木人工林,且前者DOC浓度显著高于后者,相比大气降水DOC浓度,分别增加了7.2和3.2倍.杉木人工林树干径流DOC浓度约为米槠次生林的2.5倍,且两种林分树干径流DOC浓度均呈现旱季高于雨季的趋势.相关分析结果显示:米槠次生林和杉木人工林树干径流DOC浓度均与其相应的水量呈极显著负相关.米槠次生林穿透雨DOM腐殖化程度和芳香性均显著高于杉木人工林;相反,杉木人工林树干径流DOM腐殖化程度和芳香性均显著高于米槠次生林.说明米槠次生林穿透雨中DOM结构较复杂且具有较多的芳香族化合物,而杉木人工林树干径流中DOM结构复杂于米槠次生林.米槠次生林和杉木人工林穿透雨和树干径流的DOM数量和质量具有明显差异,对土壤有机碳的积累可能产生重要影响.     

亚热带森林林分更新对地表径流4种盐基离子浓度的影响

地表径流不仅是水循环的重要组成部分,也是森林物质迁移的重要途径,其动态过程可能受林分更新的调控,目前仍缺乏必要的关注.通过对福建省三明市米槠(Castanpsis carlesii)次生林、杉木(Cunning-hamia lanceolata)人工林、杉木人工幼林和米槠人工幼林近5年的定位观测,探讨林分更新对地表径流...     

老爷岭多年冻土小流域春季冻融期径流溶解性有机碳变化特征

溶解性有机碳（DOC）的输移过程是流域碳循环中重要的组成部分,对全球碳循环产生重要影响。以大兴安岭多年冻土区的典型森林小流域-老爷岭流域为研究对象,获得2021年4月9日到6月30日冻融期降雨量、气温、土温等气象数据及逐日径流量、径流DOC浓度,计算了冻融循环期（4月9日-28日）和融化期（4月29日-6月30日）流域径流DOC的输出通量,揭示了径流DOC浓度及输出通量的影响因素。结果表明：（1）研究时段内,老爷岭流域径流DOC浓度变化范围为3.88-33.75 mg/L,流域上游的径流DOC浓度变化趋势与下游基本一致,DOC浓度随着温度的升高呈现下降趋势,4月份平均径流DOC浓度明显高于5、6月份。（2）研究时段内流域径流DOC总输出通量为3215.48 kg/km²,其中5月径流DOC输出通量高于4、6月份。径流量与径流DOC输出通量存在显著正相关关系（P<0.05）,是流域DOC输出通量的主导因素。（3）研究时段内流域DOC浓度与平均气温呈极显著负相关（R²=0.5048,P<0.001）;降水样品中的DOC浓度变化范围为1.06-9.42 mg/L,显著低于径流DOC浓度;土壤中DOC含量变化趋势与径流DOC变化趋势一致,0-10 cm、10-20 cm土壤平均DOC浓度范围为77.57-133.99 mg/L。（4）冻融循环期平均日径流DOC浓度（24.02 mg/L）显著（P<0.05）高于融化期（14.64 mg/L）,而融化期平均日DOC输出通量（48.02 kg/km²）是冻融循环期（9.52 kg/km²）的5倍。研究结果揭示了大兴安岭多年冻土小流域春季冻融期径流DOC的输移特征及其影响因素,对理解多年冻土区碳循环有重要意义。     

紫色土流域次降雨条件下碳、磷非点源输出过程及其流失负荷

通过对位于川中丘陵区的紫色土流域在次降雨过程中溶解态有机碳(DOC)和不同形态磷素的输出进行动态监测,分析降雨过程DOC和P输出负荷,并探讨降雨径流对C、P迁移和水环境的影响。研究结果表明:(1)3次降雨共产生地表径流20399.8 m3,碳、磷输出负荷为83.19 kg和5.1 kg,次降雨过程径流C、P输出动态差异较大,其中径流DOC浓度随降雨历时的延长而降低,随后迅速升高,在达峰值后逐渐降低并趋于平稳。(2)降雨径流过程中磷素迁移主要以颗粒态(PP)为主,磷酸盐(PO3-4-P)是径流溶解态总磷(DTP)的主要存在形式,3次降雨PP输出负荷分别为1167.491、1891.331、984.74 g;PO3-4-P输出负荷分别为108.37、338.8、167.79 g。(3)3次降雨径流DOC输出浓度分别为3.37、4.77、6.97 mg/L,总磷(Total phosphorus,TP)输出浓度分别为0.11、0.43、0.74 mg/L;次降雨径流C/P比分别为192、48和42.1,相比于暴雨而言,大雨和中雨带来的水质问题需引起关注。     

更新方式对亚热带森林土壤溶液可溶性有机质数量及化学结构的影响

采用负压法对福建省三明市亚热带常绿阔叶林中米槠次生林(BF)、米槠人促更新林(RF)、米槠人工林(CP) 0～15、15～30、30～60 cm土层土壤溶液可溶性有机质(DOM)的浓度及光谱学特征进行研究.结果表明: 土壤溶液可溶性有机碳(DOC)浓度整体趋势为RF>CP>BF,而可溶性有机氮(DON)则为米槠人工林最高;且 DOC 和 DON 在表层(0～15 cm)土壤浓度皆显著高于底层(30～60 cm).芳香化指数大小为RF>CP>BF,且整体为表层较高.米槠人工林表层土壤以荧光强度高的短波峰(320 nm)为特征峰,表明其易分解物质含量高,腐殖化程度较低;而米槠人促更新林表层土壤则以宽平的中长波峰(380 nm)为特征峰,说明其腐殖化程度较高,有助于土壤肥力的储存.此外,30～60 cm深层DOM特性几乎不受森林更新方式的影响.     

亚热带米槠林不同更新方式对土壤可溶性有机质降解性的影响

可溶性有机质(DOM)的生物降解性影响着土壤有机质的存留和释放,对深入认识森林土壤养分循环意义重大。为探究森林更新对土壤DOM降解特征的影响,选取亚热带地区米槠天然林(NF)、米槠次生林(SF)和米槠人工促进天然更新林(AR)土壤DOM溶液为研究对象,进行室内降解(42 d)试验。结果表明: 1)3种林分土壤可溶性有机碳(DOC)的降解率和易降解DOC的比例均为SF>AR>NF;可溶性有机氮(DON)和微生物生物量碳(MBC)是显著影响易降解DOC比例的因子;2)难降解组分占3种林分土壤DOC的大部分(72.3%～94.6%),其周转时间长,有利于稳定土壤有机质(SOC)的形成;3)土壤DOM最初的腐殖化指数(HIX_em)会影响易降解DOC的周转时间。DOM光谱结构随降解过程呈现动态变化,说明DOM中易降解组分被消耗完后,微生物会转而降解芳香类和疏水性物质以获取碳源。综上,米槠天然林更新为次生林和人促林后增加了易降解DOC的比例,提高了土壤DOM生物可降解性,不利于SOC的积累。     

福建三明米槠次生林在不同更新方式下的初期细根产量

福建三明米槠次生林皆伐后形成人促更新幼林(AR)与米槠人工幼林(CC)、杉木人工幼林(CL),以保留的米槠次生林(CK)为对照,利用微根管法比较不同更新方式初期细根(直径≤2 mm)生物量和生产力的差异.结果表明： 1年内,AR、CC、CL和CK细根的年均生物量分别为422.5、253.1、197.2和162.8 g·m^-2.4种林分细根总生产力大小为：AR (284.0 g·m^-2·a^-1)＞CC (182.6 g·m^-2·a^-1)＞CL (136.7 g·m^-2·a^-1)＞CK (15.4 g·m^-2·a^-1).AR和CC春季生产力最大,CL秋季最大,CK冬季最大.CC表现为其他植物细根生产力多于目标树种,CL表现为目标树种细根生产力多于其他植物.AR和CC总细根的月生产力与各月降水量呈显著正相关,CL的其他植物细根月生产力与月均气温呈显著正相关.3种更新方式下幼林细根的年生产力和年均生物量都以20～40 cm土层最大,且以0～1 mm细根占主体.采用人促更新方式的幼林细根生物量和生产力大于人工更新方式的幼林,人促更新方式更有利于增加林地有机物归还、提高土壤肥力、维持较高生产力和降低更新初期林地碳源.     

Response of soil enzyme activities to litter input changes in two secondary Castanopsis carlessii forests in subtropical China

酶在土壤有机质分解中起重要作用。为深入了解全球变化背景下森林凋落物产量的改变对森林生态系统过程的影响, 以亚热带米槠(Castanopsis carlesii)人促更新次生林(米槠人促林)和米槠次生林为研究对象, 设置凋落物加倍(DL)、凋落物去除(NL)和对照(CT) 3种处理, 探讨土壤6种胞外酶活性的变化。研究结果表明: 米槠次生林中土壤纤维素水解酶(CBH)、β-N-乙酰氨基葡萄糖苷酶(NAG)、酚氧化酶(PhOx)和过氧化酶(PerOx)活性高于米槠人促林, 而酸性磷酸酶(AP)和β-葡萄糖苷酶(βG)活性没有差异; NL和DL处理均降低了两种不同更新方式森林土壤的AP、βG和NAG活性, CBH和PerOx活性均无显著变化, 而PhOx活性仅在DL处理后降低; 除NAG活性外, 米槠人促林的AP、βG、PhOx活性在凋落物处理后下降的幅度均高于次生林; Pearson相关分析和冗余分析表明, 土壤酶活性与土壤含水量、碳(C)、氮(N)含量和微生物生物量碳(MBC)、氮(MBN)含量显著相关。因此, 凋落物输入的改变(无论增加和减少), 引起了土壤含水量、C、N以及MBC和MBN含量的下降, 进而可能会导致亚热带米槠次生林和米槠人促林土壤某些胞外酶(如AP、βG和NAG)活性降低。从土壤酶活性角度看, 米槠次生林比米槠人促林更有利于亚热带森林生态系统C、N养分循环。     

凋落物输入改变对亚热带两种米槠次生林土壤酶活性的影响

酶在土壤有机质分解中起重要作用。为深入了解全球变化背景下森林凋落物产量的改变对森林生态系统过程的影响, 以亚热带米槠(Castanopsis carlesii)人促更新次生林(米槠人促林)和米槠次生林为研究对象, 设置凋落物加倍(DL)、凋落物去除(NL)和对照(CT) 3种处理, 探讨土壤6种胞外酶活性的变化。研究结果表明: 米槠次生林中土壤纤维素水解酶(CBH)、β-N-乙酰氨基葡萄糖苷酶(NAG)、酚氧化酶(PhOx)和过氧化酶(PerOx)活性高于米槠人促林, 而酸性磷酸酶(AP)和β-葡萄糖苷酶(βG)活性没有差异; NL和DL处理均降低了两种不同更新方式森林土壤的AP、βG和NAG活性, CBH和PerOx活性均无显著变化, 而PhOx活性仅在DL处理后降低; 除NAG活性外, 米槠人促林的AP、βG、PhOx活性在凋落物处理后下降的幅度均高于次生林; Pearson相关分析和冗余分析表明, 土壤酶活性与土壤含水量、碳(C)、氮(N)含量和微生物生物量碳(MBC)、氮(MBN)含量显著相关。因此, 凋落物输入的改变(无论增加和减少), 引起了土壤含水量、C、N以及MBC和MBN含量的下降, 进而可能会导致亚热带米槠次生林和米槠人促林土壤某些胞外酶(如AP、βG和NAG)活性降低。从土壤酶活性角度看, 米槠次生林比米槠人促林更有利于亚热带森林生态系统C、N养分循环。     

中亚热带不同类型米槠林凋落枝溶解性有机质动态及光谱学特性

以中亚热带不同类型米槠林为对象,研究了米槠天然林、次生林和人工林凋落枝在生产量持续增加阶段、高峰阶段、持续减少3种生产阶段溶解性有机质的动态及光谱学特性。结果表明:凋落枝生产阶段和森林类型显著影响米槠凋落枝溶解性有机质含量及光谱学特征。米槠天然林在凋落枝生产量持续减少阶段溶解性有机碳(DOC)含量较高,溶解性有机质在254、260和280 nm处的特征紫外吸光值(SUVA₂₅₄、SUVA₂₆₀、SUVA₂₈₀)较低,表明该阶段天然林凋落枝质量较高,具有较高的以溶解性有机质为载体的物质循环效率。米槠人工林在凋落枝生产量高峰阶段具有较高的总氮(TN)、总磷(TP)、溶解性总氮(TDN)和溶解性总磷(TDP)含量以及较低的DOC∶TDP和TDN∶TDP值,但次生林凋落枝溶解性有机质含量及其光谱学特征在各阶段无显著差异。米槠天然林和次生林凋落枝DOC、TDN和TDP与气温和降水量呈负相关,人工林凋落枝TDN、TDP与气温和降水量呈正相关。人工林凋落枝生产量在高峰阶段具有较高的养分含量,可能具有相对快速的物质循环效率,天然林在凋落枝生产量下降阶段以凋落枝溶解性有机质为载体的物质循环效率相对较高。     

亚热带常绿阔叶林和杉木人工林有机碳流失动态特征对降雨的响应

揭示亚热带森林土壤有机碳流失规律是制定相应措施以巩固和维持森林生态系统碳汇的关键。然而已有研究存在的监测对象单一、频率过低、时间过短等问题,导致对这一规律的认识仍然不足。选择亚热带典型的常绿阔叶林和杉木人工林为研究对象,每次降雨过后监测其径流量、泥沙量,分析径流和泥沙中的可溶性有机碳（Dissolved organic carbon,DOC）含量以及颗粒有机碳（Particle organic carbon,POC）含量。旨在比较两种森林DOC和POC流失量的差异,并分析二者与降雨量、降雨强度、5 min最大雨强和降雨侵蚀力四个降雨特征值的关联。拟验证以下两个问题：（1）杉木人工林的DOC和POC流失量是否高于常绿阔叶林;（2）降雨侵蚀力对DOC和POC的解释是否优于降雨量、降雨强度和5 min最大雨强。研究结果发现常绿阔叶林径流量、泥沙量、径流水中DOC浓度和POC浓度、DOC和POC流失量均显著高于杉木人工林。回归分析表明常绿阔叶林和杉木人工林DOC和POC流失量与降雨量、降雨强度和降雨侵蚀力呈显著的线性或幂函数相关,其中降雨量与DOC和POC流失量之间的拟合关系最优。常绿阔叶林产流和产沙量高于杉木人工林可能与前者的林下植被生物量较低有关,前者径流水中DOC浓度和POC浓度较高可归因于其较高的总生物量和土壤有机碳含量。在未来森林经营过程中应合理管理林下植被,尽量减少和避免林下植被的抚育伐,从而能够降低有机碳的水土流失,达到巩固和维持森林碳汇的目的。在未来气候变暖导致降水变化背景下,利用降雨量作为预测指标能够较好评估我国亚热带森林有机碳流失的风险。     

Flux of organic carbon in a riverine mangrove wetland in the Florida Coastal Everglades

Short-term (daily) and seasonal variations in concentration and flux of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) were examined over 15 tidal cycles in a riverine mangrove wetland along Shark River, Florida in 2003. Due to the influence of seasonal rainfall and wind patterns on Shark River’s hydrology, samplings were made to include wet, dry and transitional (Norte) seasons. We used a flume extending from a tidal creek to a basin forest to measure vertical (vegetated soil/water column) and horizontal (mangrove forest/tidal creek) flux of DOC. We found significant (p < 0.05) variations in surface water temperature, salinity, conductivity, pH and mean concentration of DOC with season. Water temperature and salinity followed seasonal patterns of air temperature and rainfall, while mean DOC concentration was highest during the dry season (May), followed by the wet (October) and ‘Norte’ (December) seasons. This pattern of DOC concentration may be due to a combination of litter production and inundation pattern of the wetland. In contrast to daily (between tides) variation in DOC flux between the mangrove forest and tidal creek, daily variations of mean water quality were not significant. However, within-tide variation of DOC flux, dissolved oxygen content and salinity was observed. This indicated that the length of inundation and water source (freshwater vs. saltwater) variation across tidal cycles influenced water quality and DOC flux in the water column. Net DOC export was measured in October and December, suggesting the mangrove forest was a source of DOC to the adjacent tidal creek during these periods. Net annual export of DOC from the fringe mangrove to both the tidal creek and basin mangrove forest was 56 g C m⁻² year⁻¹. The seasonal pattern in our flux results indicates that DOC flux from this mangrove forest may be governed by both freshwater discharge and tidal range.     

腾格里沙漠东南缘沙质草地灌丛化对地表径流及氮流失的影响

以腾格里沙漠东南缘沙质草地和灌丛生境为研究对象,采用人工模拟降雨实验对草地样方、灌丛间裸地样方及含灌丛斑块样方的产流及氮流失过程进行观测,揭示了地表径流及其引起的氮流失对沙质草地灌丛化的响应.结果表明:(1)草地样方出现表面积水和地表径流的时间及开始产流需要的降雨量均大于含灌丛斑块样方和灌丛间裸地样方,裸地样方最小;灌丛生境径流系数为34.46％,显著小于裸地样方,大于含灌丛样方,产流量是沙质草地生境的2.26倍;表明灌木入侵造成的植被盖度下降引起了土壤水分入渗率的减小和地表产流的增加.(2)含灌丛样方单位体积径流含氮量瞬时值大于裸地样方,小于草地样方,三类样方瞬时值与单位时间径流量均呈线性负相关;草地样方单位时间氮流失量略小于含灌丛样方,两者均显著小于灌丛间裸地样方;灌丛生境氮流失总量为0.23 g/m2,是草地生境的2.09倍,灌丛和草地生境单位体积径流含氮量总体平均值分别为0.011 g/L、0.012 g/L;表明沙质草地灌丛化引起了养分流失的显著增加.     

Dissolved organic carbon concentrations in runoff from shallow heathland catchments: effects of frequent excessive leaching in summer and autumn

Transport and turnover of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is important in the C cycle of organic soils. The concentration of DOC in soil water is buffered by adsorption to the soil matrix, and has been hypothesized to depend on the pool size of adsorbed DOC. We have studied the effect of frequent artificial excessive leaching events on concentration and flux of DOC in shallow, organic rich mountain soils. Assuming a constant Kd value for DOC adsorption to the soil matrix, we used these data to assess the change in the pool of adsorbed (or potential) DOC in the soil. The study involved manipulation of precipitation amount and frequency in summer and autumn in small, heathland catchments at Storgama, southern Norway. The shallow soils (16–34 cm deep on average) limit the possibility for changes in water flow paths during events. The mini-catchments range in size from 75 to 98 m². Our data show that after leaching of about 1.2 g DOC m⁻² the DOC concentration in runoff declines by approximately 50%. From this we conclude that the pool size of adsorbed potential DOC in the shallow soils at any time is of the order 2–3 g m⁻². Frequent episodes suggest that the replenishment rate, which depends on the decomposition rate of soil organic matter, is fast and the potential DOC pool could be fully restored probably within days during summer, but with some more time required in autumn, due to lower temperatures. Both pool size of potential DOC and replenishment rate are seasonally dependent. The pool of potential DOC, and thus the DOC concentration in discharge, is at their maximum in the growing season. However, under non-leaching conditions, the concentration of DOC in soil water and thus the pool size of potential DOC seems to level off, possibly due to conversion of DOC to less reversibly bound forms, or to further decomposition to CO₂.     

模拟氮沉降和降雨量改变对华西雨屏区常绿阔叶林土壤有机碳的影响

从2013年11月至2015年12月,通过原位试验,在华西雨屏区常绿阔叶林内设置了对照(CK)、氮沉降(N)、减雨(R)、增雨(A)、氮沉降+减雨(NR)、氮沉降+增雨(NA)6个处理水平,研究了模拟氮沉降和降雨量改变对常绿阔叶林土壤有机碳的影响。结果表明:华西雨屏区常绿阔叶林土壤各土层有机碳含量表现为夏季较高,春冬季较低,0—10 cm土层有机碳含量高于10—20 cm土层。从各处理土壤有机碳含量的平均值来看,0—10 cm土层土壤有机碳含量高低顺序表现为:RNRCKANNA;10—20 cm土层表现为:RNRACKNAN。模拟氮沉降和增雨处理促进了华西雨屏区常绿阔叶林土壤有机碳的累积,模拟减雨抑制了土壤有机碳的累积。常绿阔叶林0—10cm土层土壤C/N值显著高于10—20 cm,土壤C/N值随土层加深而呈现出增加的趋势,降雨使土壤C/N降低,增雨使土壤C/N增高。同一氮沉降条件下,增雨处理增加了土壤有机碳的含量,减雨处理减少了土壤有机碳的含量;同一降雨条件下,氮沉降增加土壤有机碳的含量。氮沉降和降雨对土壤可溶解性有机碳和微生物生物量碳含量产生显著影响(P0.05),对土壤活性碳含量影响不显著(P0.05);其交互作用对土壤有机碳、可溶解性有机碳、微生物生物量碳和活性碳含量影响不显著(P0.05)。     

可溶性有机碳在米槠天然林不同土层中的迁移特征

选取我国中亚热带典型的常绿阔叶林米槠天然林(Castanopsis carlesii)为研究对象,采集林内米槠凋落物并通过挖剖面法分6个土层采集土样至1m。通过浸提米槠凋落物得到可溶性有机碳(dissolved organic carbon,DOC)溶液并在室内模拟其在不同土层的淋溶过程,不仅分析了土壤性质对DOC淋溶的影响,还研究了淋溶前后DOC化学结构的变化,以阐明DOC在不同土层中的迁移特征及影响因素,探寻米槠天然林土壤的固碳潜力和DOC在土壤有机碳循环中的作用。结果表明:(1)下层土壤比上层土壤吸附DOC的能力更强,亲水性DOC与疏水性DOC间会争夺土壤颗粒表面的吸附位点,而且芳香化合物和大分子物质等疏水性DOC组分会被优先吸附;(2)红外光谱表明,芳香类和醚类等疏水性物质会优先被吸附,烷烃类物质却不易被吸附,土壤中原有的酚、醇类亲水性物质会被初始DOC中的疏水性物质置换出来;(3)土壤DOC的截留能力与粘粒、游离氧化铁含量呈极显著正相关,而与土壤有机碳和砂粒含量呈极显著负相关,其中土壤有机碳的含量是影响米槠天然林不同土层DOC截留量的关键因素。     

Organic carbon fluxes by precipitation,throughfall and stemflow in an olive orchard in Southern Spain

In forests and grasslands, canopy-derived carbon fluxes have been shown to be an important part of the carbon cycle, yet very few data are available for permanent agricultural crops. Concentration of total (TOC), dissolved (DOC) and particulate organic carbon (POC) was measured during an entire hydrological year in direct rainfall throughfall and stemflow in a mature olive orchard. Throughfall accounted for 68% of incoming rainfall, but TOC concentration was on average 14 times higher than in rainfall (7.63 vs. 106.12 mg/L). Stemflow on the other hand represented only a small fraction of gross precipitation, on average less than 1%, while its TOC concentration was on average 10-fold higher than in rainfall (74.13 mg/L). Dynamics of OC enrichment were mainly driven by precipitation patterns, as well as plant phenology, whereas a dramatic increase happened during flowering. Stemflow and throughfall were proven to be important sources of organic carbon supplying 13.5 g C/m²/year beneath the canopy of each tree, while 2.41 g C/m²/year reached the soil through gross precipitation. This large fraction of carbon is a mean of recirculating important carbon compounds that may help mobilize soil nutrients and maintain water holding capacity in the circumscribed area below olive canopies.     

Fate of soil‐applied black carbon: downward migration,leaching and soil respiration

Black carbon (BC) is an important pool of the global C cycle, because it cycles much more slowly than others and may even be managed for C sequestration. Using stable isotope techniques, we investigated the fate of BC applied to a savanna Oxisol in Colombia at rates of 0, 11.6, 23.2 and 116.1 t BC ha^?1, as well as its effect on non‐BC soil organic C. During the rainy seasons of 2005 and 2006, soil respiration was measured using soda lime traps, particulate and dissolved organic C (POC and DOC) moving by saturated flow was sampled continuously at 0.15 and 0.3 m, and soil was sampled to 2.0 m. Black C was found below the application depth of 0–0.1 m in the 0.15–0.3 m depth interval, with migration rates of 52.4±14.5, 51.8±18.5 and 378.7±196.9 kg C ha^?1 yr^?1 (±SE) where 11.6, 23.2 and 116.1 t BC ha^?1, respectively, had been applied. Over 2 years after application, 2.2% of BC applied at 23.2 t BC ha^?1 was lost by respiration, and an even smaller fraction of 1% was mobilized by percolating water. Carbon from BC moved to a greater extent as DOC than POC. The largest flux of BC from the field (20–53% of applied BC) was not accounted for by our measurements and is assumed to have occurred by surface runoff during intense rain events. Black C caused a 189% increase in aboveground biomass production measured 5 months after application (2.4–4.5 t additional dry biomass ha^?1 where BC was applied), and this resulted in greater amounts of non‐BC being respired, leached and found in soil for the duration of the experiment. These increases can be quantitatively explained by estimates of greater belowground net primary productivity with BC addition.