Abstract

Tidal marshes store large amounts of organic carbon in their soils. Field data quantifying soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks provide an important resource for researchers, natural resource managers, and policy-makers working towards the protection, restoration, and valuation of these ecosystems. We collated a global dataset of tidal marsh soil organic carbon (MarSOC) from 99 studies that includes location, soil depth, site name, dry bulk density, SOC, and/or soil organic matter (SOM). The MarSOC dataset includes 17,454 data points from 2,329 unique locations, and 29 countries. We generated a general transfer function for the conversion of SOM to SOC. Using this data we estimated a median (± median absolute deviation) value of 79.2 ± 38.1 Mg SOC ha−1 in the top 30 cm and 231 ± 134 Mg SOC ha−1 in the top 1 m of tidal marsh soils globally. This data can serve as a basis for future work, and may contribute to incorporation of tidal marsh ecosystems into climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and policies.

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Global dataset of soil organic carbon in tidal marshes
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Maxwell, Tania L. 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rovai, André S. 2 ; Adame, Maria Fernanda 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Adams, Janine B. 4 ; Álvarez-Rogel, José 5 ; Austin, William E. N. 6 ; Beasy, Kim 7 ; Boscutti, Francesco 8   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Böttcher, Michael E. 9   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bouma, Tjeerd J. 10 ; Bulmer, Richard H. 11 ; Burden, Annette 12   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Burke, Shannon A. 13 ; Camacho, Saritta 14 ; Chaudhary, Doongar R. 15 ; Chmura, Gail L. 16 ; Copertino, Margareth 17 ; Cott, Grace M. 13 ; Craft, Christopher 18 ; Day, John 19 ; de los Santos, Carmen B. 20 ; Denis, Lionel 21 ; Ding, Weixin 22 ; Ellison, Joanna C. 23 ; Ewers Lewis, Carolyn J. 24 ; Giani, Luise 25 ; Gispert, Maria 26 ; Gontharet, Swanne 27 ; González-Pérez, José A. 28   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; González-Alcaraz, M. Nazaret 5 ; Gorham, Connor 29 ; Graversen, Anna Elizabeth L. 30 ; Grey, Anthony 31 ; Guerra, Roberta 32   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; He, Qiang 33 ; Holmquist, James R. 34 ; Jones, Alice R. 35   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Juanes, José A. 36 ; Kelleher, Brian P. 31 ; Kohfeld, Karen E. 37   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Krause-Jensen, Dorte 30   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lafratta, Anna 29 ; Lavery, Paul S. 38 ; Laws, Edward A. 39 ; Leiva-Dueñas, Carmen 30 ; Loh, Pei Sun 40 ; Lovelock, Catherine E. 41   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lundquist, Carolyn J. 42 ; Macreadie, Peter I. 43 ; Mazarrasa, Inés 36 ; Megonigal, J. Patrick 34 ; Neto, Joao M. 44 ; Nogueira, Juliana 45   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Osland, Michael J. 46 ; Pagès, Jordi F. 47 ; Perera, Nipuni 48 ; Pfeiffer, Eva-Maria 49 ; Pollmann, Thomas 25   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Raw, Jacqueline L. 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Recio, María 36   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ruiz-Fernández, Ana Carolina 50   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Russell, Sophie K. 35 ; Rybczyk, John M. 51 ; Sammul, Marek 52 ; Sanders, Christian 53 ; Santos, Rui 20 ; Serrano, Oscar 38 ; Siewert, Matthias 54   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Smeaton, Craig 55   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Song, Zhaoliang 56 ; Trasar-Cepeda, Carmen 57 ; Twilley, Robert R. 19 ; Van de Broek, Marijn 58 ; Vitti, Stefano 59 ; Antisari, Livia Vittori 60   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Voltz, Baptiste 21 ; Wails, Christy N. 61 ; Ward, Raymond D. 62   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ward, Melissa 63 ; Wolfe, Jaxine 34 ; Yang, Renmin 56 ; Zubrzycki, Sebastian 64   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Landis, Emily 65 ; Smart, Lindsey 66 ; Spalding, Mark 67 ; Worthington, Thomas A. 68   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  University of Cambridge, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, Cambridge, UK (GRID:grid.5335.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2188 5934); International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program, Laxenburg, Austria (GRID:grid.75276.31) (ISNI:0000 0001 1955 9478) 
2  College of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, USA (GRID:grid.64337.35) (ISNI:0000 0001 0662 7451); US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, USA (GRID:grid.417553.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 0637 9574) 
3  Griffith University, Australian Rivers Institute, Centre for Marine and Coastal Research, Nathan, Australia (GRID:grid.1022.1) (ISNI:0000 0004 0437 5432) 
4  Institute for Coastal Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, DSI-NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Gqeberha, South Africa (GRID:grid.412139.c) (ISNI:0000 0001 2191 3608) 
5  Technical University of Cartagena, Department of Agricultural Engineering of the E.T.S.I.A. and Soil Ecology and Biotechnology Unit of the I.B.V., Cartagena, Spain (GRID:grid.218430.c) (ISNI:0000 0001 2153 2602) 
6  University of St Andrews, School of Geography and Sustainable Development, St Andrews, UK (GRID:grid.11914.3c) (ISNI:0000 0001 0721 1626); Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, UK (GRID:grid.410415.5) (ISNI:0000 0000 9388 4992) 
7  University of Tasmania, College of Arts, Law and Education, Hobart, Australia (GRID:grid.1009.8) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 826X) 
8  University of Udine, via delle Scienze 206, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, Udine, Italy (GRID:grid.5390.f) (ISNI:0000 0001 2113 062X) 
9  Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW), Geochemistry and Isotope Biogeochemistry Group, Department of Marine Geology, Warnemünde, Germany (GRID:grid.423940.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2188 0463); University of Greifswald, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn Str. 17a, Marine Geochemistry, Greifswald, Germany (GRID:grid.5603.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2353 1531); University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strase 21, Interdisciplinary Faculty, Rostock, Germany (GRID:grid.10493.3f) (ISNI:0000 0001 2185 8338) 
10  Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Yerseke, The Netherlands (GRID:grid.10914.3d) (ISNI:0000 0001 2227 4609); Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht, The Netherlands (GRID:grid.5477.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 2034 6234); HZ University of Applied Sciences, Delta Academy Applied Research Centre, Vlissingen, The Netherlands (GRID:grid.448873.4) (ISNI:0000 0004 0477 8901) 
11  Tidal Research, Auckland, New Zealand (GRID:grid.448873.4) 
12  UKCEH Bangor, Bangor, UK (GRID:grid.448873.4) 
13  University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8, School of Biology and Environmental Science, Dublin, Ireland (GRID:grid.7886.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 0768 2743) 
14  CIMA - Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Faro, Portugal (GRID:grid.7157.4) (ISNI:0000 0000 9693 350X) 
15  CSIR-CSMCRI, G. B. Marg, Bhavnagar, India (GRID:grid.7157.4) 
16  McGill University Department of Geography, Montreal, Canada (GRID:grid.14709.3b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 8649) 
17  Institute of Oceanography - Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil (GRID:grid.411598.0) (ISNI:0000 0000 8540 6536); Brazilian Network for Global Change Studies - Rede CLIMA, Rio Grande, Brazil (GRID:grid.411598.0) 
18  Indiana University, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, USA (GRID:grid.411377.7) (ISNI:0000 0001 0790 959X); University of Georgia Marine Institute, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA (GRID:grid.264978.6) (ISNI:0000 0000 9564 9822) 
19  College of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, USA (GRID:grid.64337.35) (ISNI:0000 0001 0662 7451) 
20  University of Algarve, Centre of Marine Sciences of Algarve, Faro, Portugal (GRID:grid.7157.4) (ISNI:0000 0000 9693 350X) 
21  Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, CNRS, Univ. Lille, UMR 8187 - LOG – Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences, Wimereux, France (GRID:grid.503290.d) (ISNI:0000 0004 0387 1733) 
22  Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Soil Science, Nanjing, China (GRID:grid.9227.e) (ISNI:0000000119573309) 
23  University of Tasmania, School of Geography, Planning Spatial Sciences, Launceston, Australia (GRID:grid.1009.8) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 826X) 
24  University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, USA (GRID:grid.27755.32) (ISNI:0000 0000 9136 933X) 
25  Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Oldenburg, Germany (GRID:grid.5560.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 1009 3608) 
26  Agriculture and Food Technology, Universitat de Girona, Department of Chemical Engineering, Girona, Spain (GRID:grid.5319.e) (ISNI:0000 0001 2179 7512) 
27  LOCEAN UMR 7159 Sorbonne Université/CNRS/IRD/MNHN, 4 place Jussieu – boite 100, Paris, France (GRID:grid.462844.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2308 1657) 
28  IRNAS-CSIC, Avda Reina Mercedes 10, Seville, Spain (GRID:grid.466818.5) (ISNI:0000 0001 2158 9975) 
29  Edith Cowan University, School of Sciences Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Joondalup, Australia (GRID:grid.1038.a) (ISNI:0000 0004 0389 4302) 
30  Aarhus University, Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus C, Denmark (GRID:grid.7048.b) (ISNI:0000 0001 1956 2722) 
31  Dublin City University, School of Chemical Science, Dublin, Ireland (GRID:grid.15596.3e) (ISNI:0000 0001 0238 0260) 
32  Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Department of Physics and Astronomy (DIFA), Bologna, Italy (GRID:grid.6292.f) (ISNI:0000 0004 1757 1758) 
33  Fudan University, Shanghai, China (GRID:grid.8547.e) (ISNI:0000 0001 0125 2443) 
34  Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, USA (GRID:grid.419533.9) (ISNI:0000 0000 8612 0361) 
35  The University of Adelaide, School of Biological Sciences, Adelaide, Australia (GRID:grid.1010.0) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 7304); The Environment Institute, Adelaide, Australia (GRID:grid.1010.0) 
36  IHCantabria, Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria, PCTCAN, Santander, Spain (GRID:grid.7821.c) (ISNI:0000 0004 1770 272X) 
37  Simon Fraser University, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Burnaby, Canada (GRID:grid.61971.38) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 7494); Simon Fraser University, School of Environmental Science, Burnaby, Canada (GRID:grid.61971.38) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 7494) 
38  Edith Cowan University, School of Sciences Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, Joondalup, Australia (GRID:grid.1038.a) (ISNI:0000 0004 0389 4302); Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CEAB-CSIC), Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes, Blanes, Spain (GRID:grid.4711.3) (ISNI:0000 0001 2183 4846) 
39  Louisiana State University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Baton Rouge, USA (GRID:grid.64337.35) (ISNI:0000 0001 0662 7451) 
40  Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (GRID:grid.13402.34) (ISNI:0000 0004 1759 700X) 
41  The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia (GRID:grid.1003.2) (ISNI:0000 0000 9320 7537) 
42  National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Hamilton, New Zealand (GRID:grid.419676.b) (ISNI:0000 0000 9252 5808); University of Auckland, New Zealand, School of Environment, Auckland, New Zealand (GRID:grid.9654.e) (ISNI:0000 0004 0372 3343) 
43  Deakin University, Centre for Marine Science, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Burwood, Australia (GRID:grid.1021.2) (ISNI:0000 0001 0526 7079) 
44  University of Coimbra, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Department of Life Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal (GRID:grid.8051.c) (ISNI:0000 0000 9511 4342) 
45  Rio de Janeiro State University, Rua São Francisco Xavier 524, 20550-013, LARAMG – Radioecology and Climate Change Laboratory, Department of Biophysics and Biometry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GRID:grid.412211.5) (ISNI:0000 0004 4687 5267); Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic (GRID:grid.15866.3c) (ISNI:0000 0001 2238 631X) 
46  Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Lafayette, USA (GRID:grid.15866.3c) 
47  Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CEAB-CSIC), Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes, Blanes, Spain (GRID:grid.4711.3) (ISNI:0000 0001 2183 4846) 
48  University of Colombo, Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences, Colombo, Sri Lanka (GRID:grid.8065.b) (ISNI:0000 0001 2182 8067) 
49  Soil Science, Hamburg, Germany (GRID:grid.8065.b) 
50  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Mexico City, Mexico (GRID:grid.9486.3) (ISNI:0000 0001 2159 0001) 
51  Western Washington University, Bellingham, USA (GRID:grid.281386.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 2165 7413) 
52  Elva Gymnasium, Puiestee 2, Elva, Estonia (GRID:grid.281386.6) 
53  Southern Cross University, National Marine Science Centre, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Coffs Harbour, Australia (GRID:grid.1031.3) (ISNI:0000 0001 2153 2610) 
54  Umeå University, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå, Sweden (GRID:grid.12650.30) (ISNI:0000 0001 1034 3451) 
55  University of St Andrews, School of Geography and Sustainable Development, St Andrews, UK (GRID:grid.11914.3c) (ISNI:0000 0001 0721 1626) 
56  Tianjin University, School of Earth System Science, Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, Tianjin, China (GRID:grid.33763.32) (ISNI:0000 0004 1761 2484) 
57  Biosistemas y Ecología Agroforestal, MBG sede Santiago (CSIC), Departamento de Suelos, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (GRID:grid.33763.32) 
58  Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland (GRID:grid.5801.c) (ISNI:0000 0001 2156 2780) 
59  University of Udine, via delle Scienze 206, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, Udine, Italy (GRID:grid.5390.f) (ISNI:0000 0001 2113 062X); University of Trieste, Department of Life Sciences, Trieste, Italy (GRID:grid.5133.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 1941 4308) 
60  Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-alimentari, Viale G. Fanin, Bologna, Italy (GRID:grid.5133.4) 
61  Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA (GRID:grid.438526.e) (ISNI:0000 0001 0694 4940) 
62  University of Brighton, Moulsecoomb, Centre For Aquatic Environments, Brighton, UK (GRID:grid.12477.37) (ISNI:0000 0001 2107 3784); Estonia University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Tartu, Estonia (GRID:grid.16697.3f) (ISNI:0000 0001 0671 1127) 
63  University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (GRID:grid.4991.5) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 8948); San Diego State University, San Diego, USA (GRID:grid.263081.e) (ISNI:0000 0001 0790 1491) 
64  Universität Hamburg, Center of Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Hamburg, Germany (GRID:grid.9026.d) (ISNI:0000 0001 2287 2617) 
65  The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, USA (GRID:grid.422375.5) (ISNI:0000 0004 0591 6771) 
66  The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, USA (GRID:grid.422375.5) (ISNI:0000 0004 0591 6771); North Carolina State University, Center for Geospatial Analytics, College of Natural Resources, Raleigh, USA (GRID:grid.40803.3f) (ISNI:0000 0001 2173 6074) 
67  University of Cambridge, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, Cambridge, UK (GRID:grid.5335.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2188 5934); The Nature Conservancy, Strada delle Tolfe, 14, Siena, Italy (GRID:grid.5335.0) 
68  University of Cambridge, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, Cambridge, UK (GRID:grid.5335.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2188 5934) 
Pages
797
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20524463
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02633-x
ProQuest document ID
2888703370
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