Land-use | Mean organic carbon (OC) content in the profile sections g C/kg soil | OC-pool | |||
Depth increments (m) | |||||
0–0.10 | 0.10–0.20 | 0.20–0.30 | 0.30–0.40 | 0–0.40 | |
Replicate 1 for the 6-year-old reforest | |||||
6 yr-cropland-1 | 35.6A,d | 21.4B,d | 18.3 C,a | 15.7 C,d | 91.0e |
6 yr-bare riparian-1 | 24.3A,b | 16.9B,b | 13.3 C,b | 10.3 D,b | 64.8b |
6 yr-reforested riparian-1 | 34.4A,d | 18.2B,c | 15.1 C,d | 12.8 D,a | 80.5f |
Replicate 2 for the 6-year-old reforest | |||||
6 yr-cropland-2 | 44.0A,a | 36.9B,e | 25.0 C,e | 25.5 C,e | 131.4i |
6 yr-bare riparian-2 | 28.4A,e | 18.2B,c | 12.8 C,b | 11.0 D,b | 70.4d |
6 yr-reforested riparian-2 | 34.2A,d | 21.7B,d | 18.1 C,a | 14.9 D,d | 88.9e |
Replicate 3 for the 3-year-old reforest | |||||
3 yr-cropland-1 | 43.1A,a | 25.3B,a | 17.7 C,a | 13.4 D,a | 99.5a |
3 yr-reforested riparian-1 | 23.3A,b | 15.3B,b | 12.2 C,b | 11.0 D,b | 61.8b |
Replicate 4 for the 3-year-old reforest | |||||
3 yr-cropland-2 | 40.4A,a | 26.1B,a | 22.8 C,c | 20.2 D,c | 109.5c |
3 yr-bare riparian-2 | 26.7A,c | 18.2B,c | 15.9 C,d | 12.9 D,a | 73.7d |
3 yr-reforested riparian-2 | 34.8A,d | 22.6B,d | 16.0 C,d | 16.1C,d | 88.7e |
Mean nitrogen (MN) content in the profile sections g N/kg soil | MN-pool | ||||
0–0.10 | 0.10–0.20 | 0.20–0.30 | 0.30–0.40 | 0–0.40 | |
Replicate 1 for the 6-year-old reforest | |||||
6 yr-cropland-1 | 3.22 A,e | 2.12 B,c | 1.69 C,e | 1.40 D,f | 8.44 c |
6 yr-bare riparian-1 | 2.24 A,b | 1.42 B,d | 1.21 C,d | 0.89 D,b | 5.76 b |
6 yr-reforested riparian-1 | 3.02 A,e | 1.81 B,e | 1.24 C,d | 0.88 D,b | 6.95f |
Replicate 2 for the 6-year-old reforest | |||||
6 yr-cropland-2 | 3.61 A,c | 3.03 B,f | 2.17 C,f | 1.81 D,g | 10.62 g |
6 yr-bare riparian-2 | 2.50 A,e | 1.67 B,g | 1.14 C,g | 0.87 D,b | 6.20d |
6 yr-reforested riparian-2 | 2.84 A,d | 2.04 B,c | 1.42 C,c | 1.12 D,c | 7.42f |
Replicate 3 for the 3-year-old reforest | |||||
3 yr-cropland-1 | 3.96 A,a | 2.32 B,a | 1.57 C,a | 1.61C,a | 9.46a |
3 yr-reforested riparian-1 | 2.08 A,b | 1.23 B,b | 0.94 C,b | 0.87 C,b | 5.12b |
Replicate 4 for the 3-year-old reforest | |||||
3 yr-cropland-2 | 3.57 A,c | 2.07 B,c | 1.44 C,c | 1.07 D,c | 8.15c |
3 yr-bare riparian-2 | 2.40 A,d | 1.50 B,d | 1.32 C,d | 1.28 C,d | 6.50d |
3 yr-reforested riparian-2 | 3.08 A,e | 2.23 B,a | 1.75 C,e | 1.51 D,e | 8.57c |