Global dataset of soil organic carbon in tidal marshes

Tania L Maxwell; André S Rovai; Maria Fernanda Adame; Janine B Adams; José Álvarez-Rogel; William Austin; Kim Beasy; Francesco Boscutti; Michael Ernst Böttcher; Tjeerd Joris Bouma; Richard H Bulmer; Annette Burden; Shannon A Burke; Saritta Camacho; Doongar R Chaudhary; Gail L Chmura; Margareth Copertino; Grace M Cott; Christopher Craft; John Day; Carmen B de los Santos; Lionel Denis; Weixin Ding; Joanna C Ellison; Carolyn J Ewers Lewis; Luise Giani; Maria Gispert; Swanne Gontharet; José A. González-Pérez; M Nazaret González-Alcaraz; Connor Gorham; Anna Elizabeth Graversen; Anthony Grey; Roberta Guerra; Qiang He; James R Holmquist; Alice R Jones; José A Juanes; Brian P Kelleher; Karen E Kohfeld; Dorte Krause-Jensen; Anna Lafratta; Paul S Lavery; Edward A Laws; Carmen Leiva-Dueñas; Pei Sun Loh; Catherine E Lovelock; Carolyn J Lundquist; Peter I Macreadie; Inés Mazarrasa; J Patrick Megonigal; Joao M Neto; Juliana Nogueira; Michael J. Osland; Jordi F. Pagès; Nipuni Perera; Eva-Maria Pfeiffer; Thomas Pollmann; Jacqueline L Raw; María Recio; Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández; Sophie K Russell; John M Rybczyk; Marek Sammul; Christian Sanders; Rui Santos; Oscar Serrano; Matthias Siewert; Craig Smeaton; Zhaoliang Song; Carmen Trasar-Cepeda; Robert R Twilley; Marijn Van de Broek; Stefano Vitti; Livia Vittori Antisari; Baptiste Voltz; Christy N Wails; Raymond D Ward; Melissa Ward; Jaxine Wolfe; Renmin Yang; Sebastian Zubrzycki; Emily Landis; Lindsey Smart; Mark Spalding; Thomas A Worthington

doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02633-x

Global dataset of soil organic carbon in tidal marshes

Tania L Maxwell^*, André S Rovai^*, Maria Fernanda Adame, Janine B Adams, José Álvarez-Rogel, William Austin, Kim Beasy, Francesco Boscutti, Michael Ernst Böttcher, Tjeerd Joris Bouma, Richard H Bulmer, Annette Burden, Shannon A Burke, Saritta Camacho, Doongar R Chaudhary, Gail L Chmura, Margareth Copertino, Grace M Cott, Christopher Craft, John DayCarmen B de los Santos, Lionel Denis, Weixin Ding, Joanna C Ellison, Carolyn J Ewers Lewis, Luise Giani, Maria Gispert, Swanne Gontharet, José A. González-Pérez, M Nazaret González-Alcaraz, Connor Gorham, Anna Elizabeth Graversen, Anthony Grey, Roberta Guerra, Qiang He, James R Holmquist, Alice R Jones, José A Juanes, Brian P Kelleher, Karen E Kohfeld, Dorte Krause-Jensen, Anna Lafratta, Paul S Lavery, Edward A Laws, Carmen Leiva-Dueñas, Pei Sun Loh, Catherine E Lovelock, Carolyn J Lundquist, Peter I Macreadie, Inés Mazarrasa, J Patrick Megonigal, Joao M Neto, Juliana Nogueira, Michael J. Osland, Jordi F. Pagès, Nipuni Perera, Eva-Maria Pfeiffer, Thomas Pollmann, Jacqueline L Raw, María Recio, Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández, Sophie K Russell, John M Rybczyk, Marek Sammul, Christian Sanders, Rui Santos, Oscar Serrano, Matthias Siewert, Craig Smeaton, Zhaoliang Song, Carmen Trasar-Cepeda, Robert R Twilley, Marijn Van de Broek, Stefano Vitti, Livia Vittori Antisari, Baptiste Voltz, Christy N Wails, Raymond D Ward, Melissa Ward, Jaxine Wolfe, Renmin Yang, Sebastian Zubrzycki, Emily Landis, Lindsey Smart, Mark Spalding, Thomas A Worthington

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Abstract

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 30cm and 231±134 Mg SOC ha⁻¹ in the top 1m 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.

Original language	English
Article number	797
Number of pages	14
Journal	Scientific Data
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02633-x
Publication status	Published - 11 Nov 2023

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 14 Life Below Water
SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

Carbon
salt marsh
saltmarsh
wetlands
coastal
organic carbon
Loss on Ignition
LOI
soil
Sediment
Global
blue carbon

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Maxwell, T. L., Rovai, A. S., Adame, M. F., Adams, J. B., Álvarez-Rogel, J., Austin, W., Beasy, K., Boscutti, F., Böttcher, M. E., Bouma, T. J., Bulmer, R. H., Burden, A., Burke, S. A., Camacho, S., Chaudhary, D. R., Chmura, G. L., Copertino, M., Cott, G. M., Craft, C., ... Worthington, T. A. (2023). Global dataset of soil organic carbon in tidal marshes. Scientific Data, 10, Article 797. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02633-x

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AU - Adame, Maria Fernanda

AU - Adams, Janine B

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AU - Austin, William

AU - Beasy, Kim

AU - Boscutti, Francesco

AU - Böttcher, Michael Ernst

AU - Bouma, Tjeerd Joris

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 - Day, John

AU - de los Santos, Carmen B

AU - Denis, Lionel

AU - Ding, Weixin

AU - Ellison, Joanna C

AU - Ewers Lewis, Carolyn J

AU - Giani, Luise

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AU - Guerra, Roberta

AU - He, Qiang

AU - Holmquist, James R

AU - Jones, Alice R

AU - Juanes, José A

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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

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AU - Lundquist, Carolyn J

AU - Macreadie, Peter I

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AU - Rybczyk, John M

AU - Sammul, Marek

AU - Sanders, Christian

AU - Santos, Rui

AU - Serrano, Oscar

AU - Siewert, Matthias

AU - Smeaton, Craig

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Global dataset of soil organic carbon in tidal marshes

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Carbon storage in Intertidal Env: Carbon storage in intertidal environments (C-SIDE)

Physical and geochemical properties of saltmarsh soils from wide diameter gouge cores in Essex, UK, collected in 2019

Soil profile descriptions from narrow diameter cores in UK saltmarshes collected between 2018 and 2021

Dry bulk density, loss on ignition and organic carbon content of surficial soils from Scottish salt marshes, 2018-2019

Soil carbon in the world's tidal marshes

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Global dataset of soil organic carbon in tidal marshes

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Carbon storage in Intertidal Env: Carbon storage in intertidal environments (C-SIDE)

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Physical and geochemical properties of saltmarsh soils from wide diameter gouge cores in Essex, UK, collected in 2019

Soil profile descriptions from narrow diameter cores in UK saltmarshes collected between 2018 and 2021

Dry bulk density, loss on ignition and organic carbon content of surficial soils from Scottish salt marshes, 2018-2019

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Soil carbon in the world's tidal marshes

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