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. 2013 Mar 5;1:e47. doi: 10.7717/peerj.47

Table 1. Soil and nutrients.

Soil biogeochemical parameters in each sampling date for both sites Dry Lagoon and River. Analysis was done as a 2 way ANOVA, the mean ± SD with F values and significance levels.

Effect
Dry Lagoon River Site Time site*time
Sterilized soil 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months Sterilized soil 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months F values
TOC (mg.g−1) 0.3 ± 0.13 1.8 ± 0.60 2.5 ± 0.03 3.9 ± 0.30 2.9 ± 0.20 6.5 ± 0.60 9.8 ± 0.86 7 ± 1.10 15 ± 2.10 4 ± 1.70 61.4*** 10.68*** 7.67**
TN (mg.g −1) 0.15 ± 0.01 0.16 ± 0.06 0.13 ± 0.004 0.23 ± 0.01 0.24 ± 0.02 0.8 ± 0.01 0.6 ± 0.08 0.6 ± 0.03 0.8 ± 0.04 0.7 ± 0.06 226.9*** 3.58* 0.77 ns
TP (mg.g −1) 0.02 ± 0.001 0.01 ± 0.002 0.01 ± 0.001 0.05 ± 0.002 0.02 ± 0.001 0.04 ± 0.006 0.08 ± 0.045 0.03 ± 0.001 0.15 ± 0.001 0.04 ± 0.001 19.76** 9.37** 3.91*
DOC (µg.g −1) 508 ± 53 817.4 ± 146 218.4 ± 26 170 ± 206.6 13.5 ± 14 239 ± 33 712 ± 132 371 ± 27 830 ± 375 94.3 ± 47 3.75ns 4.66* 0.36ns
DON (µg.g −1) 4.6 ± 1 6.7 ± 0.9 2.1 ± 0.5 8.2 ± 1.1 8.2 ± 4.5 27 ± 1 10.3 ± 1.7 3.7 ± 0.6 25.5 ± 2.2 10.3 ± 0.6 13.09** 12.72** 4.47*
DIP (µg.g −1) 0.02 ± 0.004 0.004 ± 0.004 0.02 ± 0.006 0.04 ± 0.006 0.005 ± 0.003 0.007 ± 0.004 0.01 ± 0.008 0.006 ± 0.006 0.14 ± 0.030 0.004 ± 0.04 8.95** 24.81*** 10.57***
DOP (µg.g −1) 1.6 ± 0.1 2.3 ± 0.2 1.8 ± 0.01 2.1 ± 0.6 1.8 ± 0.06 1.5 ± 0.05 1.5 ± 0.05 1.45 ± 0.05 0.65 ± 0.1 1.4 ± 0.04 1.33ns 15.83** 2.48ns
Ammonium (µg.g −1) 0.4 ± 0.1 0.08 ± 0.08 2.9 ± 0.8 2 ± 0.9 1 ± 0.2 4.8 ± 0.2 4.3 ± 1.5 6.9 ± 1.2 7.8 ± 0.9 0.6 ± 0.1 29.08*** 10.68** 4.31*
Nitrates (µg.g −1) 0 ± 0 0.6 ± 0.5 0.3 ± 0.2 1.1 ± 0.2 0.3 ± 0.2 1.4 ± 0.7 0 ± 0 0.2 ± 0.2 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 13.91** 0.96ns 1.61ns
micC (µg.g −1) 0 ± 0 172.3 ± 45 267 ± 127 62 ± 10 92 ± 26 0 ± 0 182 ± 12 348.6 ± 69 139 ± 18 219 ± 38 10.27** 6.22** 0.89ns
micN (µg.g −1) 0 ± 0 3.4 ± 0.6 1.6 ± 0.4 7.3 ± 0.2 2 ± 0.3 0 ± 0 3.2 ± 1 5.3 ± 1.4 6.8 ± 2.8 5.5 ± 0.5 2.89ns 3.69* 9.31**

Notes.

*

P < 0.05.

**

P < 0.01.

***

P < 0.0001.

ns

not significant.