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Carbon storage in agricultural soils plays a key role in terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycles. Paddy soil is one of the major cultivated soil types in China and is of critical significance in studies on soil carbon sequestration. This paper estimated the organic and inorganic carbon density and storage in paddy soils, and analyzed the paddy soil stock spatial distribution patterns in China based on subgroups and regions using the newly compiled 1:1 000 000 digital soil map of China as well as data from 1 490 paddy soil profiles. Results showed that paddy soils in China cover an area of about 45.69 Mhm2, accounting for 4.92% of total soil area in China. Soil organic and inorganic carbon densities of paddy soils in China showed a great heterogeneity. Paddy soil organic carbon densities (SOCD) in soil profile ranged from 0.53 to 446.2 kg/m2 (0 to 100 cm) while the paddy soil inorganic carbon densities (SICD) ranged from 0.05 to 90.03 kg/m2. Soil organic carbon densities of paddy soils in surface layer ranged from 0.17 to 55.38 kg/m2 (0 to 20 cm), with SICD of paddy soils ranging from 0.01 to 21.85 kg/m2. Profile based and surface layer based paddy soil carbon storages (SCS) are 5.39 Pg and 1.79 Pg, respectively. Paddy soil organic carbon storage (SOCS) accounts for 95% of the total carbon storage. Profile based and surface layer based SOCS of paddy soils are 5.09 Pg and 1.72 Pg, respectively. Soil inorganic carbon storage (SICS) of paddy soils accounts for 5% of the total carbon storage in China. Profile based and surface layer based paddy SICS are 0.30 Pg and 0.07 Pg respectively. Among all the eight paddy soil subgroups, hydromorphic, submergenic and percogenic paddy soils account for 85.2% of the total paddy soil areas all over China. Consequently, profile based carbon storages of these three subgroups account for 78.1% of the total profile based paddy SCS in China. Most paddy soils in China are distributed in the East-China, South-China and South-west China regions, therefore, 92.6% of China’s profile based paddy SCS focuses on these three regions. The estimates of soil carbon stocks in paddy soils will help to identify areas or soil subgroups which are of particular interest for soil carbon gains and losses.
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Translated from Ecology and Environment, 2006, 15(4): 659–664 [译自: 生态环境]
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Wang, H., Liu, Q., Shi, X. et al. Carbon storage and spatial distribution patterns of paddy soils in China. Front. Agric. China 1, 149–154 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11703-007-0026-7
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