Soil Microbai l Biomass and Enzymes Activity ofP inus tabulaeformis Foer st wti hD ifferent Ag es in Liaohe Rivre of Northre n Hebei
We studied the temporal variation tendency of soil microbial biomass carbon ( MBC ) , microbial biomass nitrogen (MBN), activity of urease, catalase, polyphenol oxidase, and β-glucosidase of Pinus tabulaeformis with different ages in Liao River source region.MBC, MBN, urease, catalase and β-glucosidase in soil of all forest age groups increased gradual-ly from May to August, and then decreased until October .However, soil polyphenol oxidase exhibited the opposite trend . The attenuation degree of enzyme activity delayed than that of MBC and MBN .With the increasing age of P.at blu aeformis forest, MBC, MBN, urease, catalase and β-glucosidase increased , while the polyphenol oxidase decreased .By correlation analysis, MBC and MBN had a statistically significantly positive correlation with the activity of urease , catalase and β-glu-cosidase.However, there was negative correlation between MBC/MBN and polyphenol oxidase .Soil temperature and water content had a significantly positive correlation with all indices .MBC, MBN and enzymes activity of soil were the biological indices to evaluate soil quality of different age groups in P.tabulaeof rmis forest.