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. 2018 Nov 19;115(49):12407–12412. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1801317115

Table 1.

Current SOC accumulation rates, soil and vegetation C stocks, and their changes in the PMFB from AD 2014 to 2100 in RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5 scenarios (see RCP 4.5 in Future Projection)

Ecosystem type Soil C accumulation rates, g⋅C⋅m−2⋅y−1 SOC, Pg Vegetation C, Pg
Current RCP 2.6 RCP 8.5 Current RCP 2.6 RCP 8.5 Current RCP 2.6 RCP 8.5
PF
 Mean 15.02 11.88 −89.95 0.511 +0.003 −0.023 0.022 +0.0004 −0.0021
 Range 7.9–18.9 6.3–14.5 −135.3, −56.7 0.269–0.646 0.0016–0.0037 −0.035, −0.015 0.0215–0.0218
PSs
 Mean 64.69 26.09 −135.23 2.779 +0.052 −0.264 0.318 +0.0044 −0.02
 Range 34–101.8 15.2–43.9 −160.4, −102 1.459–4.376 0.03–0.09 −0.313, −0.199 0.316–0.349
OPs
 Mean 29.53 14.69 −63.84 0.229 +0.005 −0.022 ∼0 ∼0 ∼0
 Range 13.5–41.5 8–17.3 −98.2, −40.9 0.105–0.322 0.0027–0.0059 −0.034, −0.014 ∼0
Nonpeatland
 Mean 0.1 1.64 −25.22 0.403 +0.007 −0.104 0.764 +0.01 −0.0482
 Range 0.09–0.11 1.54–1.76 −32.8, −22.1 0.375–0.433 0.0066–0.0075 −0.136, −0.091 0.759–0.768
Total (peatlands)
 Mean 55.98 23.42 −122.7 3.519 +0.06 −0.309 0.34 +0.0048 −0.0221
 Range 29.1–85 14.9–31.5 −151.7, −90.5 1.833–5.344 0.03–0.1 −0.382, −0.228 0.338–0.369
Peatlands+nonpeatland
 Mean 16.08 7.89 −53.25 3.922 +0.067 −0.413 1.104 +0.0148 −0.0703
 Range 9.1–23.7 4.3–12.2 −66.82, −41.2 2.208–5.777 0.037–0.108 −0.518, −0.319 1.097–1.137

Current soil organic accumulation rates are mean rates and uncertainty ranges over the simulation periods till AD 2014 and total rates are area-weighted means. The uncertainty ranges of the “simulation” are from the uncertainty of the parameterization plus the uncertainty from the climate data interpolation. “+” and “−” in SOC and vegetation C columns indicate C accumulation and loss the from AD 2014 to AD 2100.