Ecological Processes

Table 5 Soil organic carbon content at different depths

From: Assessment of above- and belowground carbon pools in a semi-arid forest ecosystem of Delhi, India

Parameters	Soil depth (cm)	Sites
Parameters	Soil depth (cm)	NRF	CRF
C (g kg⁻¹)	0–10	16.83 ± 2.84	15.20 ± 2.03
C (g kg⁻¹)	10–20	10.93 ± 1.75	9.19 ± 1.17
BD (g cm⁻³)	0–10	1.58	1.56
BD (g cm⁻³)	10–20	1.65	1.62
SOC stock (Mg ha⁻¹)	0–10	26.6 ± 4.49* a	24.36 ± 2.09*a
SOC stock (Mg ha⁻¹)	10–20	18.04 ± 2.88* a	16.5 ± 1.49*b

Each value represents mean ± SE. Letters in parenthesis denotes significant difference between two depth and * denotes significant difference between forest sites at p < 0.05. NRF north ridge forest, CRF central ridge forest, SOC soil organic carbon, BD bulk density

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