Thiago Inagaki
Research Scientist
Biography
I do my research on soil management and biogeochemistry, focusing on mechanisms for soil organic matter persistence. I have experience in agricultural and natural areas, especially in tropical climates (Brazil and southern Asia). My studies combine measurements at the nanoscale using spectromicroscopic techniques with bulk soil scale with a focus on organo-mineral associations.
Authors
Thiago Inagaki Angela R. Possinger Steffen A. Schweizer Carsten W. Mueller Carmen Hoeschen Michael J. Zachman Lena F. Kourkoutis Ingrid Kögel-Knabner Johannes LehmannAbstract
The spatial distribution of organic substrates and microscale soil heterogeneity significantly influence organic matter (OM) persistence as constraints on OM accessibility to microorganisms. However, it is unclear how changes in OM spatial heterogeneity driven by factors such as soil depth affect the relative importance of substrate spatial distribution on OM persistence. This work evaluated the decomposition and persistence of 13C and 15N labeled water-extractable OM inputs over 50 days as either hotspot (i.e., pelleted in 1 – 2 mm-size pieces) or distributed (i.e., added as OM < 0.07 µm suspended in water) forms in topsoil (0-0.2 m) and subsoil (0.8-0.9 m) samples of an Andisol. We observed greater persistence of added C in the subsoil with distributed OM inputs relative to hotspot OM, indicated by a 17% reduction in cumulative mineralization of the added C and a 10% higher conversion to mineral-associated OM. A lower substrate availability potentially reduced mineralization due to OM dispersion throughout the soil. NanoSIMS (nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry) analysis identified organo-mineral associations on cross-sectioned aggregate interiors in the subsoil. On the other hand, in the topsoil, we did not observe significant differences in the persistence of OM, suggesting that the large amounts of particulate OM already present in the soil outweighed the influence of added OM spatial distribution. Here, we demonstrated under laboratory conditions that the spatial distribution of fresh OM input alone significantly affected the decomposition and persistence of OM inputs in the subsoil. On the other hand, spatial distribution seems to play a lower role in topsoils rich in particulate OM. The divergence in the influence of OM spatial distribution between the top and subsoil is likely driven by differences in soil mineralogy and OM composition.
Authors
Luís F.J. Almeida Ivan F. Souza Luís C.C. Hurtarte Pedro P.C. Teixeira Thiago Inagaki Ivo R. Silva Carsten W. MuellerAbstract
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Authors
Luís F.J. Almeida Ivan F. Souza Luís C.C. Hurtarte Pedro P.C. Teixeira Thiago Inagaki Ivo R. Silva Carsten W. MuellerAbstract
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