Table 2 Soil properties of three areas of drainage States. SOC, TN, DOC, SWC and C/N represent for soil organic carbon content, total nitrogen, dissolved organic carbon, soil water content, and carbon-nitrogen ratio respectively. Data are presented mean value ± standard error, n = 3.

From: Impact of drainage on peatland soil environments and greenhouse gas emissions in Northeast China

Environment factors

Soil depth (cm)

Natural area

Transition area

Drained area

S1

S2

S3

S4

S5

S6

SOC (g/kg)

0 ~ 20

437.05 (± 1.35) A/a

441.80 (± 18.67) A/a

416.40 (± 10.72) A/a

463.05 (± 30.58) A/a

340.03 (± 50.97) A/b

197.31 (± 4.82) A/c

20 ~ 40

512.71 (± 3.77) B/a

474.10 (± 5.24) A/b

453.95 (± 5.06) B/b

459.81 (± 14.05) A/b

374.75 (± 14.75) A/c

296.13 (± 4.49) B/d

40 ~ 60

524.05 (± 3.65) C/ab

545.66 (± 35.41) B/ab

561.35 (± 2.91) C/a

528.04 (± 10.34) B/ab

515.17 (± 4.51) B/b

526.64 (± 10.91) C/ab

TN (g/kg)

0 ~ 20

14.48 (± 0.87) A/abc

14.32 (± 1.04) A/abc

13.62 (± 1.10) A/bc

12.44 (± 0.76) A/c

16.06 (± 1.26) A/ab

16.65 (± 1.13) A/a

20 ~ 40

15.74 (± 0.78) A/a

15.12 (± 0.97) A/a

14.37 (± 0.83) A/a

15.23 (± 1.54) B/a

13.17 (± 0.61) B/a

14.17 (± 0.66) A/a

40 ~ 60

16.75 (± 1.76) A/a

15.49 (± 0.90) A/a

15.67 (± 1.30) A/a

15.76 (± 1.02) B/a

15.27 (± 1.43) AB/a

16.13 (± 1.88) A/a

DOC (g/kg)

0 ~ 20

0.55 (± 0.10) A/b

0.61 (± 0.03) A/ab

0.62 (± 0.08) AB/ab

0.83 (± 0.08) A/a

0.44 (± 0.12) A/b

0.47 (± 0.04) A/b

20 ~ 40

0.60 (± 0.06) A/b

0.63 (± 0.19) A/ab

0.71 (± 0.08) A/ab

0.92 (± 0.06) A/a

0.80 (± 0.12) B/ab

0.91 (± 0.14) B/ab

40 ~ 60

0.49 (± 0.06) A/ab

0.45 (± 0.10) A/b

0.51 (± 0.04) B/ab

0.58 (± 0.13) B/ab

0.71 (± 0.13) B/ab

0.73 (± 0.08) B/a

pH

0 ~ 20

4.71 (± 0.08) A/c

4.68 (± 0.06) A/c

4.73 (± 0.07) A/bc

4.89 (± 0.05) A/b

5.21 (± 0.06) A/a

5.29 (± 0.05) A/a

20 ~ 40

4.71 (± 0.04) A/a

4.64 (± 0.08) AB/a

4.59 (± 0.02) B/a

4.74 (± 0.13) AB/a

5.09 (± 0.07) AB/b

5.05 (± 0.09) B/b

40 ~ 60

4.62 (± 0.06) A/b

4.53 (± 0.02) B/b

4.57 (± 0.06) B/b

4.61 (± 0.08) B/b

4.89 (± 0.18) B/a

4.66 (± 0.08) C/ab

SWC (%)

0 ~ 20

540.59 (± 26.30) A/a

531.18 (± 15.42) A/a

539.04 (± 5.57) A/a

417.20 (± 17.53) A/b

343.27 (± 11.66) A/c

212.73 (± 11.04) A/d

20 ~ 40

603.23 (± 1.81) B/a

542.72 (± 18.92) A/bc

546.25 (± 4.74) A/b

500.98 (± 11.99) B/c

438.94 (± 20.52) B/d

305.89 (± 21.39) B/e

40 ~ 60

588.34 (± 3.87) B/a

545.99 (± 21.20) A/b

545.48 (± 8.81) A/b

550.01 (± 12.98) C/b

540.54 (± 8.83) C/b

492.03 (± 12.16) C/c

C/N

0 ~ 20

30.26 (± 1.73) A/a

30.96 (± 2.56) A/a

30.74 (± 3.16) A/a

37.26 (± 2.00) A/a

21.40 (± 4.83) A/b

11.88 (± 0.79) A/c

20 ~ 40

32.63 (± 1.80) A/a

31.45 (± 2.29) AB/a

31.66 (± 1.60) A/a

30.37 (± 2.85) B/a

28.48 (± 1.46) AB/a

20.94 (± 1.09) B/b

40 ~ 60

31.50 (± 3.08) A/a

35.23 (± 0.79) B/a

36.01 (± 3.16) A/a

33.61 (± 2.44) AB/a

33.92 (± 2.94) B/a

32.95 (± 3.93) C/a

  1. Different capital letters indicate significant differences among the 3 soil profiles, while different lowercase letters indicate significant differences among the 6 sampling sites (Tukey’s HSD test, α = 0.05).