Scientific Data (Nov 2023)
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 E. N. Austin,
- Kim Beasy,
- Francesco Boscutti,
- Michael E. Böttcher,
- Tjeerd J. 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 L. 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
Affiliations
- Tania L. Maxwell
- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
- André S. Rovai
- Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University
- Maria Fernanda Adame
- Australian Rivers Institute, Centre for Marine and Coastal Research, Griffith University
- Janine B. Adams
- DSI-NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Institute for Coastal Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University
- José Álvarez-Rogel
- Department of Agricultural Engineering of the E.T.S.I.A. and Soil Ecology and Biotechnology Unit of the I.B.V., Technical University of Cartagena
- William E. N. Austin
- School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews
- Kim Beasy
- College of Arts, Law and Education, University of Tasmania
- Francesco Boscutti
- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, via delle Scienze 206
- Michael E. Böttcher
- Geochemistry and Isotope Biogeochemistry Group, Department of Marine Geology, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW)
- Tjeerd J. Bouma
- Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
- Richard H. Bulmer
- Tidal Research
- Annette Burden
- UKCEH Bangor
- Shannon A. Burke
- School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8
- Saritta Camacho
- CIMA - Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
- Doongar R. Chaudhary
- CSIR-CSMCRI, G. B. Marg
- Gail L. Chmura
- McGill University Department of Geography
- Margareth Copertino
- Institute of Oceanography - Federal University of Rio Grande
- Grace M. Cott
- School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8
- Christopher Craft
- O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
- John Day
- Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University
- Carmen B. de los Santos
- Centre of Marine Sciences of Algarve, University of Algarve
- Lionel Denis
- Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, CNRS, Univ. Lille, UMR 8187 - LOG – Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences
- Weixin Ding
- Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Joanna C. Ellison
- School of Geography, Planning Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania
- Carolyn J. Ewers Lewis
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
- Luise Giani
- Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
- Maria Gispert
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Agriculture and Food Technology, Universitat de Girona
- Swanne Gontharet
- LOCEAN UMR 7159 Sorbonne Université/CNRS/IRD/MNHN, 4 place Jussieu – boite 100
- José A. González-Pérez
- IRNAS-CSIC, Avda Reina Mercedes 10
- M. Nazaret González-Alcaraz
- Department of Agricultural Engineering of the E.T.S.I.A. and Soil Ecology and Biotechnology Unit of the I.B.V., Technical University of Cartagena
- Connor Gorham
- School of Sciences Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- Anna Elizabeth L. Graversen
- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University
- Anthony Grey
- School of Chemical Science, Dublin City University
- Roberta Guerra
- Department of Physics and Astronomy (DIFA), Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
- Qiang He
- Fudan University
- James R. Holmquist
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
- Alice R. Jones
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide
- José A. Juanes
- IHCantabria, Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria, PCTCAN
- Brian P. Kelleher
- School of Chemical Science, Dublin City University
- Karen E. Kohfeld
- School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
- Dorte Krause-Jensen
- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University
- Anna Lafratta
- School of Sciences Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- Paul S. Lavery
- School of Sciences Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- Edward A. Laws
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University
- Carmen Leiva-Dueñas
- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University
- Pei Sun Loh
- Zhejiang University
- Catherine E. Lovelock
- The University of Queensland
- Carolyn J. Lundquist
- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
- Peter I. Macreadie
- Deakin University, Centre for Marine Science, School of Life and Environmental Sciences
- Inés Mazarrasa
- IHCantabria, Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria, PCTCAN
- J. Patrick Megonigal
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
- Joao M. Neto
- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra
- Juliana Nogueira
- LARAMG – Radioecology and Climate Change Laboratory, Department of Biophysics and Biometry, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rua São Francisco Xavier 524, 20550-013
- Michael J. Osland
- U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
- Jordi F. Pagès
- Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CEAB-CSIC)
- Nipuni Perera
- Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences, University of Colombo
- Eva-Maria Pfeiffer
- Soil Science
- Thomas Pollmann
- Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
- Jacqueline L. Raw
- DSI-NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Institute for Coastal Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University
- María Recio
- IHCantabria, Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria, PCTCAN
- Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández
- Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Sophie K. Russell
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide
- John M. Rybczyk
- Western Washington University
- Marek Sammul
- Elva Gymnasium, Puiestee 2
- Christian Sanders
- National Marine Science Centre, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University
- Rui Santos
- Centre of Marine Sciences of Algarve, University of Algarve
- Oscar Serrano
- School of Sciences Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Edith Cowan University
- Matthias Siewert
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University
- Craig Smeaton
- School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews
- Zhaoliang Song
- School of Earth System Science, Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, Tianjin University
- Carmen Trasar-Cepeda
- Departamento de Suelos, Biosistemas y Ecología Agroforestal, MBG sede Santiago (CSIC)
- Robert R. Twilley
- Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University
- Marijn Van de Broek
- Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich
- Stefano Vitti
- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, via delle Scienze 206
- Livia Vittori Antisari
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari, Viale G. Fanin
- Baptiste Voltz
- Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, CNRS, Univ. Lille, UMR 8187 - LOG – Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences
- Christy N. Wails
- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech
- Raymond D. Ward
- Centre For Aquatic Environments, University of Brighton, Moulsecoomb
- Melissa Ward
- University of Oxford
- Jaxine Wolfe
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
- Renmin Yang
- School of Earth System Science, Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, Tianjin University
- Sebastian Zubrzycki
- Center of Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Universität Hamburg
- Emily Landis
- The Nature Conservancy
- Lindsey Smart
- The Nature Conservancy
- Mark Spalding
- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
- Thomas A. Worthington
- Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02633-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
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 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.
