Spatially explicit estimation of soil organic carbon stock of an estuarine mangrove wetland of eastern India using elemental analysis and very-fine resolution satellite data

作     者：Debajit Datta Madhumita Bairagi Mansa Dey Argha Pratim Pal Jibananda Gayen 

作者机构：Department of GeographyJadavpur UniversityKolkata 700032India Department of GeographySree Chaitanya CollegeHabra 743268India 

出 版 物：《Ecological Processes》 (生态过程（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第11卷第1期

页      面：411-426页

核心收录：

学科分类：0806[工学-冶金工程] 09[农学] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境] 0703[理学-化学] 0714[理学-统计学（可授理学、经济学学位）] 0833[工学-城乡规划学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：support received by the corresponding author from the Science and Engineering Research Board,Department of Science&Technology(DST-SERB) Government of India(SERB Sanction No.ECR/2017/003380,dated November 26,2018). 

主　　题：Blue C density Core-depth Coastal wetland Dry combustion Land use conversion Wetland influence zone 

摘      要：Background:This study estimated the total soil organic C(SOC)stock of the wetland influence zone of Bichitrapur mangroves in eastern India in a spatially explicit manner.Both spatial and vertical distribution of SOC densities with respect to land use/land cover(LULC)pattern were assessed.Subsequently,some site-specific management strate-gies were forwarded towards enhancement of C sequestration potential.Methods:The changing patterns of LULC within the wetland influence zone of the site were analyzed using Landsat TM(30 m)and Pleiades-1A(2 m)imageries from 1988 to 2018.Point-specific SOC measurement was done using samples taken from four core-depth intervals(viz.D1:0–20 cm,D2:20–40 cm,D3:40–70 cm,D4:70–100 cm)at 89 locations belonging to different LULC categories.Spatial interpolation was applied on this point-based data to produce SOC density and stock models as a whole and at all core-depths.Relationships between SOC density,core-depth and present LULC were evaluated through multivariate statistical analyses.Results:The LULC transformations during last three decades suggested the gradual growth of mangrove plantations as well as agricultural and aquacultural activities.Most amount of SOC was concentrated in D1(37.17%)followed by D3(26.51%),while D4 had the lowest(10.87%).The highest mean SOC density was observed in the dense mangrove patches(248.92 Mg ha^(−1))and the lowest mean was in the Casuarina plantations(2.78 Mg ha^(−1)).Here,Spline method emerged as the best-fit interpolation technique to model SOC data(R^(2)=0.74)and estimated total SOC stock of the entire wetland influence zone as 169,569.40 Mg and the grand mean as 125.56 Mg ha^(−1).Overall,LULC was inferred as a major determinant of SOC dynamics with a statistically significant effect(p0.001),whereas no such inference could be drawn for soil core-depth.Conclusions:The C sequestration potential of sites such as the present one could be increased with appropriate zone-wise plantation strategies,restriction on the land conversion to aquaculture and promotion of ecotourism.Peri-odic monitoring through integration of geospatial techniques and elemental analyses would be immensely beneficial in this regard.