TY - JOUR
T1 - Global dataset of soil organic carbon in tidal marshes
AU - Maxwell, Tania l.
AU - Rovai, André s.
AU - Adame, Maria fernanda
AU - Adams, Janine b.
AU - Álvarez-Rogel, José
AU - Austin, William e. n.
AU - Beasy, Kim
AU - Boscutti, Francesco
AU - Böttcher, Michael e.
AU - Bouma, Tjeerd j.
AU - Bulmer, Richard h.
AU - Burden, Annette
AU - Burke, Shannon a.
AU - Camacho, Saritta
AU - Chaudhary, Doongar r.
AU - Chmura, Gail l.
AU - Copertino, Margareth
AU - Cott, Grace m.
AU - Craft, Christopher
AU - De los santos, Carmen b.
AU - Denis, Lionel
AU - Ding, Weixin
AU - Ellison, Joanna c.
AU - Ewers lewis, Carolyn j.
AU - Giani, Luise
AU - Gispert, Maria
AU - Gontharet, Swanne
AU - González-Pérez, José a.
AU - González-Alcaraz, M. nazaret
AU - Gorham, Connor
AU - Graversen, Anna elizabeth l.
AU - Grey, Anthony
AU - Guerra, Roberta
AU - He, Qiang
AU - Holmquist, James r.
AU - Jones, Alice r.
AU - Juanes, José a.
AU - Kelleher, Brian p.
AU - Kohfeld, Karen e.
AU - Krause-Jensen, Dorte
AU - Lafratta, Anna
AU - Lavery, Paul s.
AU - Laws, Edward a.
AU - Leiva-Dueñas, Carmen
AU - Loh, Pei sun
AU - Lovelock, Catherine e.
AU - Lundquist, Carolyn j.
AU - Macreadie, Peter i.
AU - Mazarrasa, Inés
AU - Day, John
N1 - © The Author(s) 2023
PY - 2023/11/11
Y1 - 2023/11/11
N2 - Tidal marshes store large amounts of organic carbon in their soils. Field data quantifying soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks provide an important resource for researchers, natural resource managers, and policy-makers working towards the protection, restoration, and valuation of these ecosystems. We collated a global dataset of tidal marsh soil organic carbon (MarSOC) from 99 studies that includes location, soil depth, site name, dry bulk density, SOC, and/or soil organic matter (SOM). The MarSOC dataset includes 17,454 data points from 2,329 unique locations, and 29 countries. We generated a general transfer function for the conversion of SOM to SOC. Using this data we estimated a median (± median absolute deviation) value of 79.2 ± 38.1 Mg SOC ha−1 in the top 30 cm and 231 ± 134 Mg SOC ha−1 in the top 1 m of tidal marsh soils globally. This data can serve as a basis for future work, and may contribute to incorporation of tidal marsh ecosystems into climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and policies.
AB - Tidal marshes store large amounts of organic carbon in their soils. Field data quantifying soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks provide an important resource for researchers, natural resource managers, and policy-makers working towards the protection, restoration, and valuation of these ecosystems. We collated a global dataset of tidal marsh soil organic carbon (MarSOC) from 99 studies that includes location, soil depth, site name, dry bulk density, SOC, and/or soil organic matter (SOM). The MarSOC dataset includes 17,454 data points from 2,329 unique locations, and 29 countries. We generated a general transfer function for the conversion of SOM to SOC. Using this data we estimated a median (± median absolute deviation) value of 79.2 ± 38.1 Mg SOC ha−1 in the top 30 cm and 231 ± 134 Mg SOC ha−1 in the top 1 m of tidal marsh soils globally. This data can serve as a basis for future work, and may contribute to incorporation of tidal marsh ecosystems into climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and policies.
U2 - 10.1038/s41597-023-02633-x
DO - 10.1038/s41597-023-02633-x
M3 - Article
SN - 2052-4463
VL - 10
JO - Scientific Data
JF - Scientific Data
IS - 1
ER -
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