Table 1 Modelled global stocks of OC-Fe and OC-Femax as well as global mean values of fsOC-Fe and fmOC-Fe within the 0–30 cm soil layer across different ecosystems

From: Important role of Fe oxides in global soil carbon stabilization and stocks

Ecosystem

Area (million km2)

Depth (cm)

OC-Fe (PgC)

OC-Femax (PgC)

fsOC-Fe (%)

fmOC-Fe (%)

OC-Fe saturation (%)

OC-Fe deficit (PgC)

Cropland

13.6

0-5

4.1(2.1,7.9)

25.7(4.3,56.9)

25.6 ± 9.6

45.7 ± 18.3

36.0 ± 38.5

21.6(0.0,52.0)

5−15

5.9(2.1,13.6)

54.4(9.0,118.6)

23.8 ± 10.7

32.8 ± 18.6

21.6 ± 22.7

48.4(3.5,112.0)

15−30

10.2(5.4,20.2)

83.2(13.5,178.4)

31.4 ± 10.5

49.6 ± 22.1

24.9 ± 23.1

73.0(4.4,167.3)

total

20.2(10.2,39.1)

163.3(26.9,355.0)

27.4 ± 9.0

42.2 ± 18.1

25.5 ± 24.4

143.0(7.6,333.5)

Forest

49.2

0-5

13.0(6.0,23.8)

79.8(12.4,116.8)

27.3 ± 8.8

50.6 ± 17.4

23.9 ± 28.9

66.8(2.2,103.5)

5-15

40.4(10.2,90.2)

208.8(33.0,309.8)

39.0 ± 19.0

57.3 ± 29.9

27.8 ± 44.9

168.4(9.2,277.0)

15-30

64.8(21.8,129.5)

346.5(53.6,503.5)

45.3 ± 15.8

72.1 ± 28.6

26.3 ± 31.2

281.7(12.1,451.7)

total

118.2(43.9,231.6)

635.1(96.4,987.3)

40.8 ± 15.6

65.2 ± 27.6

27.8 ± 35.6

516.9(23.2,886.3)

Grassland

37.7

0-5

9.6(4.9,18.5)

41.1(8.2,105.3)

24.0 ± 9.5

40.9 ± 15.0

48.2 ± 44.3

31.5(0.0,93.4)

5-15

22.1(5.4,65.6)

104.0(19.1,245.1)

26.4 ± 17.8

38.0 ± 27.5

34.0 ± 41.0

81.8(3.0,222.4)

15-30

36.6(14.0,99.4)

170.9(34.2,384.8)

32.7 ± 14.9

49.9 ± 24.3

35.1 ± 31.4

134.2(4.6,349.3)

total

68.3(26.8,167.6)

316.0(59.9,756.9)

29.9 ± 15.5

45.7 ± 24.8

37.1 ± 35.1

247.5(5.4,686.2)

Shrubland

14.1

0-5

4.2(2.6,8.2)

15.8(3.2,48.1)

26.4 ± 9.9

41.7 ± 14.5

57.4 ± 49.1

11.6(0.0,42.8)

5-15

6.6(2.5,14.3)

33.4(6.6,99.6)

22.6 ± 13.3

32.1 ± 19.7

36.7 ± 40.4

26.8(0.0,89.6)

15-30

11.5(6.5,20.9)

53.8(9.9,155.1)

29.0 ± 10.7

42.5 ± 17.5

42.1 ± 35.8

42.2(0.0,140.0)

total

22.3(12.2,43.2)

103.0(19.9,303.5)

26.4 ± 10.8

39.0 ± 17.1

42.7 ± 37.8

80.6(0.0,273.8)

Wetland

2.2

0-5

0.3(0.2,0.7)

2.5(0.3,4.2)

22.2 ± 9.1

37.7 ± 15.4

49.2 ± 34.3

0.9(0.0,3.8)

5-15

1.3(0.2,6.1)

3.8(0.9,10.4)

27.3 ± 23.9

43.7 ± 38.7

47.3 ± 46.4

1.3(0.0,9.4)

15-30

2.3(0.7,6.9)

7.1(1.6,17.7)

32.5 ± 19.2

52.9 ± 29.9

45.4 ± 82.6

4.8(0.0,15.6)

total

3.9(1.2,11.6)

13.4(2.9,34.0)

31.3 ± 20.8

51.7 ± 32.7

48.5 ± 57.9

7.0(0.0,30.8)

Global total/mean

130.1

0-5

31.2(15.3,60.3)

164.9(21.8,341.9)

25.8 ± 9.4

45.1 ± 16.9

39.7 ± 41.7

132.4(0.0,306.1)

5−15

76.3(17.1,207.2)

404.4(60.0,805.2)

30.4 ± 18.4

44.1 ± 28.7

30.6 ± 41.8

326.7(11.1,732.8)

15-30

125.4(45.0,306.7)

661.5(94.5,1268.9)

37.1 ± 15.9

57.8 ± 27.9

31.5 ± 32.0

535.9(15.3,1153.9)

total

232.9(86.3,523.4)

1230.8(189.0,2501.9)

33.5 ± 15.6

52.3 ± 26.8

33.0 ± 35.6

995.0(21.6,2274.5)

  1. The parentheses indicate the 5th and 95th quantiles. The values are reported as the means ± standard deviations.