Comment on “Soil organic stocks are systematically overestimated by misuse of the parameters bulk density and rock fragment content” by Poeplau et al. (2017)

Hobley, Eleanor Ursula; Murphy, Brian; Simmons, Aaron

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-169-2018

Articles | Volume 4, issue 2

SOIL, 4, 169–171, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-169-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

SOIL, 4, 169–171, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-169-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 2

Original research article 07 Jun 2018

Original research article | 07 Jun 2018

Comment on “Soil organic stocks are systematically overestimated by misuse of the parameters bulk density and rock fragment content” by Poeplau et al. (2017)

Eleanor Ursula Hobley et al.

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Short summary

This research evaluates equations to calculate soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks. Although various equations exist for SOC stock calculations, we recommend using the simplest equation with THE lowest associated errors. Adjusting SOC stock calculations for rock content is essential. Using the mass proportion of rocks to do so minimizes error.

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