• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Global dataset of soil organic carbon in tidal marshes
  • Contributor: Maxwell, Tania L.; Rovai, André S.; Adame, Maria Fernanda; Adams, Janine B.; Álvarez-Rogel, José; Austin, William E. N.; Beasy, Kim; Boscutti, Francesco; Böttcher, Michael E.; Bouma, Tjeerd J.; Bulmer, Richard H.; Burden, Annette; Burke, Shannon A.; Camacho, Saritta; Chaudhary, Doongar R.; Chmura, Gail L.; Copertino, Margareth; Cott, Grace M.; Craft, Christopher; Day, John; de los Santos, Carmen B.; Denis, Lionel; Ding, Weixin; Ellison, Joanna C.; [...]
  • Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023
  • Published in: Scientific Data, 10 (2023) 1
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02633-x
  • ISSN: 2052-4463
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  • Description: AbstractTidal 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.
  • Access State: Open Access