Interactive Effects of Moss-Dominated Crusts and Artemisia ordosica on Wind Erosion and Soil Moisture in Mu Us Sandland, China

Table 3

The average soil water content of moss-dominated crusts alone plots (MDCs), bare sand plots (BS), Artemisia ordosica alone plots (AO), and Artemisia ordosica combined with moss-dominated crusts plots (AO + MDCs) at different depths in the rainy season.

Treatment plot	MDCs	BS	AO + MDCs	AO
0–16 cm	8.8±0.8^a	8.5±0.7^a	8.1±0.8^a	8.2±0.8^a
20–40 cm	9.8±0.5^a	11.4±0.4^b	10.8±0.5^ab	10.9±0.5^ab
40–160 cm	8.9±0.2^a	10.1±0.1^b	9.5±0.1^c	10.2±0.1^bd
160–240 cm	6.6±0.0^a	7.5±0.1^b	8.7±0.0^c	10.4±0.1^d
0–160 cm ASW (%)	9.1±0.2^a	10.3±0.1^b	9.7±0.2^c	10.2±0.2^b
0–160 cm ERS (%)	11.5±1.0^a	0.0^b	5.7±0.4^c	1.0±0.6^b
0–160 cm CBR (%)	11.5±1.0^a		4.7±0.4^b

Note: different letters in the same column indicate significant differences at 5% probability level.
Average soil moisture content, ASW.
Efficiency of reducing soil moisture content = (1 − soil moisture content in current treatment/soil moisture content in BS) × 100, ERS.
Contribution of MDCs to reducing soil moisture content = ((1 − soil moisture content in current treatment with MDCs/soil moisture content in BS) − (1 − soil moisture content in current treatment without MDCs/soil moisture content in BS)) × 100, CBR.