Thus, a better understanding of the linkages between salt content and organic matter storage in saline boreal fens can be useful for advancing fen construction in this region.
The identification of soil management strategies as well as the evaluation of their effectiveness requires detailed information on the spatial and temporal patterns of soil organic carbon storage.
The aim of this study was to compare the effects of selective logging on the organic carbon storage of forest Andisols.
The large macroaggregates and, in particular, microaggregates occluded within this fraction were identified as an important site for organic P storage.
Hence, we established an experiment to evaluate how a combination of different tillage and cropping systems could improve soil aggregation and organic carbon storage.
SOCc was highest in the most eroded shoulder-backslope zone (Z2) though soil organic carbon storage (SOCs) there was the lowest because of the zone's high >2-mm soil fraction.
We test the hypothesis that erosion driven soil movement on hillslopes results in an increase in new organomineral associations and overall organic matter storage in colluvial deposits within a forested hillslope.
Estimation and mapping of soil organic carbon storage in three dimensions for large areas is increasingly in demand for climate change reporting, but such estimates at large spatial scales and different soil depths are generally time consuming and expensive.
Three soil quality indices were further calculated using an adaptation of the method proposed by Velasquez et al. [Velasquez, E., Lavelle, P., Andrade, M. GISQ, a multifunctional indicator of soil quality. Soil Biol Biochem 2007; 39: 3066–3080.], each one addressing an ecosystem service provided by soils: organic matter storage, nutrient supply and biological activity.
We estimate organic carbon storage in the topsoil (0 10 cm) of the Australian continent in 1990 to be 8.1 Gt.
