Research Article

Spatial Variability of Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Gurje Subwatershed, Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 4

Correlation between SOC and SOCS with the selected soil physicochemical properties at the two depths.

VariableDepth (cm)SandSiltClayBDpHTNSOCSOCS

SOC0–20−0.652−0.1270.531−0.5640.2460.95510.888
20–40−0.316−0.1670.341−0.3840.2200.96610.930

SOCS0–20−0.527−0.2860.606−0.2880.2780.7510.8881
20–40−0.311−0.2390.401−0.1540.1570.8310.9301

SOC = soil organic carbon concentration, SOCS = soil organic carbon stock, BD = bulk density, and TN = total nitrogen. denotes significance of correlation at and significance of correlation at .