Storage,patterns and environmental controls of soil organic carbon in China |
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Authors: | Yuanhe Yang Anwar Mohammat Jianmeng Feng Rui Zhou Jingyun Fang |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Ecology, College of Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China |
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Abstract: | Based on the data from China’s second national soil survey and field observations in northwest China, we estimated soil organic
carbon (SOC) storage in China and investigated its spatial and vertical distribution. China’s SOC storage in a depth of 1 meter
was estimated as 69.1 Pg (1015 g), with an average density of 7.8 kg m−2. About 48% of the storage was concentrated in the top 30 cm. The SOC density decreased from the southeast to the northwest,
and increased from arid to semi-humid zone in northern China and from tropical to cold-temperate zone in the eastern part
of the country. The vertical distribution of SOC differed in various climatic zones and biomes; SOC distributed deeper in
arid climate and water-limited biomes than in humid climate. An analysis of general linear model suggested that climate, vegetation,
and soil texture significantly influenced spatial pattern of SOC, explaining 78.2% of the total variance, and that climate
and vegetation interpreted 78.9% of the total variance in the vertical SOC distribution. |
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Keywords: | Climate Spatial distribution Soil organic carbon Soil texture Vegetation Vertical distribution |
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