Table 2 The concentrations of soil total, labile, and recalcitrant organic C and N (mean ± SE, n = 12) in different land use types in the Jiangsu coast of eastern China.

Phragmites australis salt marsh

3.43 ± 0.33^d

1.77 ± 0.28^c

1.66 ± 0.09^d

0.239 ± 0.018^d

0.128 ± 0.016^d

0.111 ± 0.004^d

Fishpond

15.07 ± 0.36^a

4.89 ± 0.46^a

10.18 ± 0.21^a

1.403 ± 0.047^a

0.983 ± 0.050^a

0.420 ± 0.005^a

Wheat field

9.50 ± 0.24^b

4.70 ± 0.24^a

4.80 ± 0.12^b

0.967 ± 0.021^b

0.692 ± 0.024^b

0.275 ± 0.010^b

Rapeseed field

6.90 ± 0.29^c

3.02 ± 0.17^b

3.88 ± 0.19^c

0.682 ± 0.022^c

0.497 ± 0.028^c

0.185 ± 0.017^c

Town construction land

1.86 ± 0.23^e

0.82 ± 0.13^d

1.04 ± 0.10^e

0.219 ± 0.029^d

0.191 ± 0.023^d

0.028 ± 0.008^e

Source of variation

Coastal reclamation

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