Research Article
Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Land-Use Systems: A Case Study of CO2 in the Southern Zone of Ghana
Table 2
Initial soil chemical and physical properties of land-use systems at SIREC-Kpong (A) and Legon, University of Ghana (B).
| | Land-use systems | pH (1 : 1) soil : H2O | SOC (%) | OM (%) | Sand (%) | Silt (%) | Clay (%) | Textural class |
| | A. | | Cultivated | 6.95 (0.2) | 0.96 (0.08) | 1.65 (0.13) | 29.40 (3.40) | 13.80 (1.0) | 56.80 (1.3) | Clayey | | Forest | 7.10 (0.1) | 2.23 (0.18) | 3.84 (0.30) | 24.05 (1.10) | 16.95 (0.5) | 55.00 (1.5) | Clayey | | Kraal | 7.95 (0.35) | 4.32 (0.42) | 7.43 (0.70) | 27.50 (1.50) | 15.90 (1.0) | 56.60 (0.8) | Clayey | | Lowland | 7.10 (0.2) | 0.59 (0.04) | 1.01 (0.07) | 19.80 (1.60) | 22.20 (1.6) | 58.00 (1.1) | Clayey | | B. | | Cultivated | 4.95 (0.2) | 0.70 (0.08) | 1.20 (0.14) | 61.98 (1.40) | 10.52 (1.2) | 27.50 (1.2) | Sandy clay loam | | Forest | 5.5 (0.3) | 2.42 (0.18) | 4.16 (0.30) | 60.95 (1.27) | 12.80 (1.7) | 26.25 (0.8) | Sandy clay loam | | Woodlot | 5.10 (0.2) | 1.55 (0.11) | 2.67 (0.19) | 60.42 (0.92) | 14.58 (1.1) | 25.00 (1.0) | Sandy clay loam |
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Soils were sampled at 0–0.15 m depth; SOC = soil organic carbon; OM = organic matter; standard deviation in parenthesis.
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