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Determining the Distribution and Interaction of Soil Organic Carbon, Nitrogen, pH and Texture in Soil Profiles: A Case Study in the Lancangjiang River Basin, Southwest China
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Zhou, Wenxiang Han, Guilin Zeng, Jie Liang, Bin Liu, Jinke Qu, Rui |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | The profile distributions of soil organic carbon (SOC), soil organic nitrogen (SON), soil pH and soil texture were rarely investigated in the Lancangjiang River Basin. This study aims to present the vertical distributions of these soil properties and provide some insights about how they interact with each other in the two typical soil profiles. A total of 56 soil samples were collected from two soil profiles (LCJ S-1, LCJ S-2) in the Lancangjiang River Basin to analyze the profile distributions of SOC and SON and to determine the effects of soil pH and soil texture. Generally, the contents of SOC and SON decreased with increasing soil depth and SOC contents were higher than SON contents (average SOC vs. SON content: 3.87 g kg−1 vs. 1.92 g kg−1 in LCJ S-1 and 5.19 g kg−1 vs. 0.96 g kg−1 in LCJ S-2). Soil pH ranged from 4.50 to 5.74 in the two soil profiles and generally increased with increasing soil depth. According to the percentages of clay, silt, and sand, most soil samples can be categorized as silty loam. Soil pH values were negatively correlated with C/N ratios (r = −0.66, p < 0.01) and SOC contents (r = −0.52, p < 0.01). Clay contents were positively correlated with C/N ratios (r = 0.43, p < 0.05) and SOC contents (r = 0.42, p < 0.01). The results indicate that soil pH and clay are essential factors influencing the SOC spatial distributions in the two soil profiles. |
| Starting Page | 532 |
| e-ISSN | 19994907 |
| DOI | 10.3390/f11050532 |
| Journal | Forests |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Volume Number | 11 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2020-05-10 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Forests Water Science and Technology Soil Organic Carbon Soil Organic Nitrogen Soil Ph Soil Texture Lancangjiang River Basin Southwest China |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
