Table 2.

Soil means for nitrates and phosphorus (micrograms per milliliter), other elements (milliequivalents per milliliter), pH, and percent organic matter

	Upper Milpa			Lower Milpa			Upper Guamil			Lower Guamil			Upper Reserve			Lower Reserve
	Itzaj	Ladino	Q’eqchi’	Itzaj	Ladino	Q’eqchi’	Itzaj	Ladino	Q’eqchi’	Itzaj	Ladino	Q’eqchi’	Itzaj	Ladino	Q’eqchi’	Itzaj	Ladino	Q’eqchi’
Nitrates	78.3	37.8	33.6	64.9	39.1	20.4	56.4	18.4	13	31.8	13.5	12.4	27.9	39.6	27.37	23.3	30.3	27.97
P	19.1	17.2	7.3	8.14	11	4.44	7	3.27	6.18	1.91	2.37	2.17	1.95	5.99	2.87	1.79	2.92	2.03
K	0.46	0.29	0.47	0.23	0.21	0.29	0.25	0.22	0.37	0.12	0.17	0.28	0.19	0.22	0.24	0.08	0.12	0.19
Ca	34.9	38.8	38.3	44.5	46	56.1	39.4	40.1	42.5	48.7	53.5	52.8	39.2	32.4	46.86	55.6	44.1	59.42
Mg	2.66	2.36	2.24	3.72	2.2	1.7	2.24	2.03	2.41	1.7	1.85	2.03	2.18	3.35	1.73	2	3.21	2.17
pH	7.76	7.81	7.78	7.63	7.8	7.93	7.86	7.76	8.09	8.02	7.91	8.11	7.92	7.81	8	7.96	7.94	8.16
Percent organic matter	8.38	8.6	8.99	7.64	6.97	7.38	9.62	9	10.3	8.92	7.67	7.77	10.6	10.2	8.46	8.82	8.36	9.27