Appendix A (TABLE A1). Descriptions of soil layers and their properties by site.
Layer
Site
Average
thickness (cm)BD*
(g/cm3)Water
content†
(%)Rock
content‡
(%)Bulk C
(%)Bulk N
(%)C:N
(wt)C:N
(molar)Green
Crest
1.6
(0.24)
0.075
(0.01)
52.8
(3.6)
0.0
(0.00)
42.0
(0.35)
1.2
(0.04)
35.3
(1.08)
41.3
(1.25)
Mid-slope_NWT
2.4
(0.23)
0.038
(0.01)
86.0
(1.2)
0.0
(0.00)
44.9
(0.48)
1.0
(0.03)
48.4
(1.62)
56.5
(1.89)
Mid-slope_WT
2.6
(0.20)
0.039
(0.01)
86.8
(2.4)
0.0
(0.00)
43.3
(0.69)
1.1
(0.04)
41.7
(1.91)
48.7
(2.23)
Foot-slope_NWT
2.6
(0.40)
0.034
(0.01)
90.4
(0.9)
0.0
(0.00)
43.5
(0.82)
1.1
(0.04)
42.9
(1.48)
50.4
(1.73)
Foot-slope_WT
2.3
(0.31)
0.038
(0.00)
89.9
(0.6)
0.0
(0.00)
43.7
(0.52)
1.1
(0.04)
40.5
(1.43)
47.7
(1.68)
Riparian
1.7
(0.35)
0.067
(0.02)
91.3
(0.7)
0.0
(0.00)
40.0
(0.64)
1.1
(0.04)
38.1
(1.92)
44.4
(2.24)
1st Organic
Crest
3.8
(0.62)
0.147
(0.04)
62.3
(1.8)
10.8
(4.18)
31.3
(1.65)
1.4
(0.07)
22.1
(0.68)
25.8
(0.78)
Mid-slope_NWT
9.9
(0.23)
0.063
(0.01)
87.3
(0.9)
0.0
(0.00)
41.9
(1.32)
1.2
(0.05)
35.6
(2.23)
41.5
(2.60)
Mid-slope_WT
9.9
(0.07)
0.080
(0.01)
85.5
(0.9)
0.0
(0.00)
37.4
(1.38)
1.5
(0.07)
26.6
(1.98)
31.0
(2.33)
Foot-slope_NWT
9.6
(0.28)
0.080
(0.03)
87.5
(1.8)
0.0
(0.00)
40.6
(1.34)
1.3
(0.07)
34.1
(1.99)
40.0
(2.35)
Foot-slope_WT
9.5
(0.29)
0.072
(0.01)
86.4
(0.9)
0.0
(0.00)
40.0
(1.18)
1.5
(0.07)
29.7
(1.95)
34.9
(2.34)
Riparian
10.2
(0.12)
0.083
(0.01)
87.2
(0.6)
0.0
(0.00)
38.5
(0.46)
1.9
(0.09)
23.0
(1.54)
26.8
(1.80)
2nd Organic
Crest
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Mid-slope_NWT
6.2
(0.66)
0.363
(0.07)
69.1
(3.3)
2.4
(1.56)
25.9
(2.51)
1.3
(0.11)
19.6
(0.92)
22.9
(1.08)
Mid-slope_WT
6.2
(0.63)
0.371
(0.06)
65.9
(3.0)
0.0
(0.00)
24.5
(2.49)
1.3
(0.12)
18.7
(0.98)
21.9
(1.15)
Foot-slope_NWT
8.2
(0.68)
0.223
(0.05)
75.2
(2.9)
0.3
(0.25)
31.9
(2.30)
1.7
(0.13)
19.5
(0.87)
22.8
(1.01)
Foot-slope_WT
7.5
(0.82)
0.230
(0.04)
73.8
(2.3)
0.0
(0.00)
33.1
(2.02)
1.8
(0.11)
19.0
(1.39)
22.2
(1.62)
Riparian
12.6
(1.62)
0.146
(0.01)
81.3
(0.9)
1.4
(1.43)
40.9
(0.35)
2.7
(0.05)
15.5
(0.40)
18.0
(0.47)
Mineral
Crest
3.7
(0.61)
0.421
(0.08)
33.5
(2.7)
52.3
(6.88)
9.3
(1.29)
0.5
(0.06)
17.4
(0.85)
20.3
(0.99)
Mid-slope_NWT
6.2
(1.00)
0.681
(0.19)
43.5
(6.3)
2.5
(1.70)
11.2
(3.80)
0.6
(0.19)
17.4
(0.50)
20.3
(0.58)
Mid-slope_WT
5.7
(1.39)
0.784
(0.11)
39.4
(3.1)
0.5
(0.47)
7.3
(0.94)
0.4
(0.05)
16.1
(0.36)
18.8
(0.43)
Foot-slope_NWT
2.9
(1.06)
1.027
(0.29)
54.4
(6.4)
0.1
(0.07)
18.9
(3.81)
1.1
(0.22)
18.2
(0.99)
21.4
(1.18)
Foot-slope_WT
4.5
(1.96)
0.808
(0.26)
38.6
(5.6)
0.1
(0.06)
14.5
(4.34)
0.8
(0.24)
20.1
(1.06)
23.6
(1.31)
Riparian
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Notes: Means and 1 SE (in parentheses) of data from 2003–2005 are shown. Five cores per plot were collected in 2003 and 2004, and four cores in 2005. Green layer = live moss-detritus-plant layer; NWT = non-watertrack; WT = watertrack. *BD = Bulk density of soil without rocks(>2 mm). † Percentage (w/w) of water in field-mosit soil. ‡ Percentage (w/w) of rock in total dry solids (excluding live roots). Note that the organic soil at Crest was too thin to split into two layers and that no mineral soil could be collected at Riparian.