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Table 2 Effects of land use types on carbon management index at different depths

From: Assessment of soil organic carbon fractions and carbon management index under different land use types in Olesharo Catchment, Narok County, Kenya

 

0–15 cm

15–30 cm

ENPOC%

CPI

LI

CMI

ENPOC%

CPI

LI

CMI

BL

19.97a

0.34a

0.80a

31.00a

17.00a

0.36a

0.59a

22.77a

GR

23.95a

0.46b

0.81a

41.00ab

17.40a

0.46a

0.64ab

28.93a

AG

27.03c

0.64c

0.82a

53.00b

22.37b

0.68a

0.70c

65.73b

SH

34.99d

1d

1a

100c

27.30b

1c

1c

100c

  1. Means with letters within are statistically different. SH is the reference land use type
  2. GR grasslands, SH shrublands, AG agricultural lands, BL barelands, EN POC enrichment ratio of POC to TOC, CPI carbon pool index, LI lability index, CMI carbon management index