Evaluation of Soil Organic Carbon Storage of Atillo in the Ecuadorian Andean Wetlands
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Location and General Properties of Study Area
2.2. Selection of Soil Sampling Points and Sampling
2.3. Soil Analysis
2.4. SOC Evaluation and Prediction by Kriging
3. Results
3.1. Spatial Variability of SOC Data Samples
3.2. SOC Estimation
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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IA/ NIA * | Lithology | Profile | Mean | Median | Std. Dev * | VC% * | Range | Std. Asym * | Std. Kurts * |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IA | Andesites to rhyolites, pyroclasts | 0–30 cm | 273.6 | 267.5 | 75.8 | 27.7 | 262.0 | 0.2 | −0.9 |
30–60 cm | 268.7 | 278.6 | 84.2 | 31.4 | 241.1 | −0.6 | −1.4 | ||
Clays, tuffs, sandstones, conglomerates | 0–30 cm | 324.3 | 277.2 | 164.7 | 50.8 | 748.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | |
30–60 cm | 259.9 | 236.8 | 92.9 | 35.8 | 355.3 | 1.7 | −0.5 | ||
Metagreywacke, metalavas | 0–30 cm | 8.8 | 81.5 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 11.3 | −0.3 | −1.0 | |
30–60 cm | 85.3 | 87.1 | 10.1 | 11.8 | 27.5 | −1.0 | 0.4 | ||
Basaltic and andesitic metalavas, schists | 0–30 cm | 157.3 | 149.5 | 35.1 | 22.3 | 108.1 | 0.8 | −0.4 | |
30–60 cm | 176.3 | 176.7 | 31.2 | 17.7 | 98.0 | −0.1 | −0.6 | ||
NIA | Basaltic and andesitic metalavas, schists | 0–30 cm | 172.2 | 150.4 | 74.2 | 43.1 | 319.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
30–60 cm | 192.9 | 175.4 | 74.5 | 38.6 | 313.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
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Beltrán-Dávalos, A.A.; Ayala Izurieta, J.E.; Echeverria Guadalupe, M.M.; Van Wittenberghe, S.; Delegido, J.; Otero Pérez, X.L.; Merino, A. Evaluation of Soil Organic Carbon Storage of Atillo in the Ecuadorian Andean Wetlands. Soil Syst. 2022, 6, 92. https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems6040092
Beltrán-Dávalos AA, Ayala Izurieta JE, Echeverria Guadalupe MM, Van Wittenberghe S, Delegido J, Otero Pérez XL, Merino A. Evaluation of Soil Organic Carbon Storage of Atillo in the Ecuadorian Andean Wetlands. Soil Systems. 2022; 6(4):92. https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems6040092
Chicago/Turabian StyleBeltrán-Dávalos, Andrés A., Johanna Elizabeth Ayala Izurieta, Magdy Mileni Echeverria Guadalupe, Shari Van Wittenberghe, Jesús Delegido, Xosé Luis Otero Pérez, and Agustín Merino. 2022. "Evaluation of Soil Organic Carbon Storage of Atillo in the Ecuadorian Andean Wetlands" Soil Systems 6, no. 4: 92. https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems6040092