Table 2. Biomass to carbon conversion factors for FWD based on percent
carbon of samples.
Decay Class |
Size Class |
Mean |
Standard Error |
Minimum |
Maximum |
|
(cm) |
|
Percent carbon |
|
|
Undecayed |
1.0-2.5 |
50.8 |
2.0 |
51.5 |
50.3 |
Undecayed |
2.5-5.0 |
49.8 |
1.2 |
50.0 |
49.5 |
Undecayed |
5.0-10.0 |
49.1 |
0.1 |
49.1 |
49.1 |
Decayed |
1.0-2.5 |
51.3 |
1.9 |
52.0 |
50.6 |
Decayed |
2.5-5.0 |
51.6 |
2.9 |
52.4 |
51.0 |
Decayed |
5.0-10.0 |
50.5 |
2.9 |
50.9 |
49.8 |
Source of data: Currie and Nadelhoffer (2002).
