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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0093584 |
Spatial Variability and Stocks of Soil Organic Carbon in the Gobi Desert of Northwestern China | |
Zhang, Pingping1; Shao, Ming’an1,2 | |
通讯作者 | Shao, Ming’an |
来源期刊 | PLOS ONE
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ISSN | 1932-6203 |
出版年 | 2014 |
卷号 | 9期号:4 |
英文摘要 | Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays an important role in improving soil properties and the C global cycle. Limited attention, though, has been given to assessing the spatial patterns and stocks of SOC in desert ecosystems. In this study, we quantitatively evaluated the spatial variability of SOC and its influencing factors and estimated SOC storage in a region (40 km(2)) of the Gobi desert. SOC exhibited a log-normal depth distribution with means of 1.6, 1.5, 1.4, and 1.4 g kg(-1) for the 0-10, 10-20, 20-30, and 30-40 cm layers, respectively, and was moderately variable according to the coefficients of variation (37-42%). Variability of SOC increased as the sampling area expanded and could be well parameterized as a power function of the sampling area. Significant correlations were detected between SOC and soil physical properties, i.e. stone, sand, silt, and clay contents and soil bulk density. The relatively coarse fractions, i.e. sand, silt, and stone contents, had the largest effects on SOC variability. Experimental semivariograms of SOC were best fitted by exponential models. Nugget-tosill ratios indicated a strong spatial dependence for SOC concentrations at all depths in the study area. The surface layer (0-10 cm) had the largest spatial dependency compared with the other layers. The mapping revealed a decreasing trend of SOC concentrations from south to north across this region of the Gobi desert, with higher levels close to an oasis and lower levels surrounded by mountains and near the desert. SOC density to depths of 20 and 40 cm for this 40 km(2) area was estimated at 0.42 and 0.68 kg C m(-2), respectively. This study provides an important contribution to understanding the role of the Gobi desert in the global carbon cycle. |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Peoples R China |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000336970400009 |
WOS关键词 | HORQIN SANDY LAND ; LOESS PLATEAU ; WIND EROSION ; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATIONS ; ENVIRONMENTAL-FACTORS ; TRACE-ELEMENTS ; INNER-MONGOLIA ; N CONTENT ; GRASSLAND ; STORAGE |
WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
来源机构 | 中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所 ; 西北农林科技大学 |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/184352 |
作者单位 | 1.Northwest A&F Univ, State Key Lab Soil Eros & Dryland Farming Loess P, Yangling, Peoples R China; 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modeling, Beijing, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Pingping,Shao, Ming’an. Spatial Variability and Stocks of Soil Organic Carbon in the Gobi Desert of Northwestern China[J]. 中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所, 西北农林科技大学,2014,9(4). |
APA | Zhang, Pingping,&Shao, Ming’an.(2014).Spatial Variability and Stocks of Soil Organic Carbon in the Gobi Desert of Northwestern China.PLOS ONE,9(4). |
MLA | Zhang, Pingping,et al."Spatial Variability and Stocks of Soil Organic Carbon in the Gobi Desert of Northwestern China".PLOS ONE 9.4(2014). |
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