Effect of Reclamation on the Vertical Distribution of SOC in Three Types of Wetland Soils

Abstract:

To investigate how reclamation of wetlands in three different soil types impacts the vertical distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) content in soil profiles, contents and density of soil organic carbon (SOC) in soil profiles of three types of wetland soils in wetland, soybean and paddy field in Sanjiang Plain were determined. Both soybean and paddy field were reclaimed from wetland. We observed that reclamation significantly reduced SOC content in 0-10,10-20 and 20-30 cm soil layers in meadow albic soil and meadow marsh soil, and 0-10,10-20,20-30 and 30-40 cm soil layers in peat bog soil, there were no significant difference in SOC contents in soil layers under 0-30 or 0-40 cm before and after reclamation. After reclamation, SOC density in three types of wetland soils decreased, and SOC density in soybean field were higher than that in paddy field. Either in wetlands or farm lands in the three types of wetland soils, most of the SOC storage in 0-100 cm soil layer was stored in 0-50 cm soil layer. Though wetland reclamation reduced the SOC content, it hasn’t changed the regularity of SOC vertical distribution. The relationships between SOC content and soil depth in wetlands and farm lands all could be described by exponential functions in three types of soils. The specific functions are useful to estimate and predict the regional SOC pool by models.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 962-965)
• Pages: 1386-1391
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.962-965.1386
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Li Li Huo, Xian Guo Lv, Da Song Lin*
• Keywords: Reclamation, Sanjiang Plain, SoC, Vertical Distribution, Wetland

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