. 2013 Aug 12;4:223. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00223

Table 1.

Results of Two-Way ANOVA of independent and relational variables for soil and litter types were based on data collected by Rinkes et al. (2013).

Factor	Units	Day	Loam	Sand	Maple	Oak
Microbiota	μg C·g soil⁻¹	0	143.7 ± 98.4^**	22.7 ± 27.9^**	107.0 ± 116.2	59.5 ± 63.5
		3	356.1 ± 175.4	315.1 ± 248.9	334.2 ± 224.6	337.0 ± 207.7
		14	208.6 ± 75.7^**	114.8 ± 107.6^**	158.3 ± 102.9	164.8 ± 106.1
Microbiota	mg C·g C⁻¹	0	2.94 ± 0.81	1.81 ± 2.22	3.45 ± 0.10	1.31 ± 1.50
		3	7.33 ± 2.34^**	25.49 ± 2.73^**	16.51 ± 10.57	16.31 ± 9.96
		14	4.38 ± 0.69	9.51 ± 6.85	6.64 ± 4.65	7.25 ± 6.42
CO₂ efflux	μg C·g soil⁻¹·d⁻¹	1	100.70 ± 68.95^**	25.61 ± 10.06^**	70.10 ± 67.42	56.21 ± 56.16
		3	232.70 ± 46.46^**	167.16 ± 33.17^**	229.78 ± 45.82^**	172.70 ± 41.62^**
		14	67.73 ± 6.67^**	39.77 ± 9.96^**	56.95 ± 16.68	51.82 ± 16.06
CO₂ efflux	mg C·g C⁻¹·d⁻¹	1	2.07 ± 1.41	2.03 ± 0.77	2.26 ± 1.14	1.84 ± 1.09
		3	4.80 ± 0.96^**	13.54 ± 2.75^**	10.35 ± 5.40^**	7.86 ± 4.01^**
		14	1.41 ± 0.15^**	3.32 ± 0.79^**	2.34 ± 1.00	2.30 ± 1.24
CO₂ efflux	g C·g Biomass C⁻¹·d⁻¹	1	0.713 ± 0.521	4.033 ± 4.370	0.661 ± 0.328^*	4.085 ± 4.340^*
		3	0.713 ± 0.291	0.534 ± 0.102	0.725 ± 0.263	0.522 ± 0.142
		14	0.328 ± 0.049	0.494 ± 0.280	0.439 ± 0.255	0.383 ± 0.173
∑CO₂ efflux	mg C·g soil⁻¹	1	5.14 ± 3.51^*	1.30 ± 0.49^*	3.57 ± 3.45	2.88 ± 2.86
		3	22.98 ± 7.10^**	17.21 ± 5.60^**	23.19 ± 5.95^**	17.25 ± 6.74^**
		14	73.03 ± 11.00^**	45.95 ± 6.85^**	66.81 ± 15.17^**	53.40 ± 15.19^**
Total C	mg C	0	2.490^a	0.640	2.490	0.640
		3	2.477 ± 0.006^**	0.630 ± 0.005^**	1.552 ± 0.944^*	1.555 ± 0.943^*
		14	2.441 ± 0.010^**	0.608 ± 0.007^**	1.603 ± 0.934^**	1.530 ± 0.939^**
Litter C	g C	0	0.440	0.440	0.440	0.440
		3	0.427 ± 0.006^§	0.430 ± 0.005^§	0.427 ± 0.006^*	0.430 ± 0.005^*
		14	0.391 ± 0.010^**	0.408 ± 0.007^**	0.394 ± 0.010^**	0.405 ± 0.011^**
AP activity	nmol·g soil⁻¹·h⁻¹	0	613.6 ± 81.9^**	152.0 ± 68.3^**	349.6 ± 223.3^§	416.1 ± 284.2^§
		3	841.0 ± 201.1^**	158.1 ± 99.5^**	418.6 ± 332.9^**	580.5 ± 411.2^**
		14	737.9 ± 262.2^**	100.3 ± 23.3^**	384.6 ± 304.9^§	465.3 ± 429.6^§
NAG activity	nmol·g soil⁻¹·h⁻¹	0	276.8 ± 29.8^**	40.6 ± 10.3^**	152.9 ± 115.8	164.6 ± 139.2
		3	337.0 ± 56.1^**	121.5 ± 80.6^**	254.2 ± 112.3^*	204.3 ± 141.3^*
		14	543.8 ± 293.4^**	320.3 ± 128.0^**	510.4 ± 238.2^*	361.6 ± 248.4^*
BG activity	nmol·g soil⁻¹·h⁻¹	0	165.8 ± 35.9^**	80.9 ± 31.4^**	145.0 ± 54.5^**	101.7 ± 48.6^**
		3	86.8 ± 23.6^**	33.2 ± 20.3^**	72.7 ± 34.1^**	47.3 ± 31.2^**
		14	818.1 ± 436.6^**	496.4 ± 142.1^**	744.3 ± 352.8	580.5 ± 360.5
AP activity	μmol·g Biomass⁻¹·h⁻¹	0	693.19 ± 1947.32	682.63 ± 1035.33	694.91 ± 1946.65	680.91 ± 1036.57
		3	2.94 ± 1.44^**	0.92 ± 0.93^**	1.68 ± 1.60	2.19 ± 1.54
		14	4.37 ± 3.57	2.88 ± 4.40	2.74 ± 2.39	4.50 ± 5.04
NAG activity	μmol·g Biomass⁻¹·h⁻¹	0	339.52 ± 954.51	143.43 ± 199.26	339.42 ± 954.55	143.54 ± 199.16
		3	1.23 ± 0.75	0.83 ± 1.00	1.24 ± 1.04^§	0.82 ± 0.69^§
		14	3.13 ± 2.18^§	9.23 ± 15.09^§	6.04 ± 8.09	6.19 ± 13.37
BG activity	μmol·g Biomass⁻¹·h⁻¹	0	258.26 ± 727.29	238.78 ± 349.57	260.21 ± 726.52	236.83 ± 351.05
		3	0.33 ± 0.28	0.24 ± 0.31	0.38 ± 0.37^*	0.19 ± 0.15^*
		14	4.85 ± 3.46^§	13.84 ± 20.43^§	9.92 ± 16.61	8.61 ± 13.69
PO⁻³₄	μg P·g soil⁻¹	0	7.93 ± 7.85^**	37.77 ± 18.53^**	29.07 ± 20.71^§	16.62 ± 19.90^§
		3	0.35 ± 0.45^**	5.23 ± 4.93^**	4.53 ± 4.53^**	1.05 ± 3.17^**
		14	0.11 ± 0.07^**	2.44 ± 2.35^**	2.07 ± 2.28^**	0.48 ± 1.36^**
NO³⁻	μg N·g soil⁻¹	0	163.55 ± 15.13^**	13.76 ± 0.96^**	88.40 ± 81.16	88.91 ± 80.40
		3	144.67 ± 19.06^**	4.03 ± 2.92^**	73.56 ± 71.85	75.14 ± 74.35
		14	94.92 ± 28.36^**	0.97 ± 1.01^**	47.19 ± 50.14	48.70 ± 53.81
NH⁴⁺	μg N·g soil⁻¹	0	24.72 ± 8.03^**	2.60 ± 0.85^**	10.87 ± 8.58^**	16.46 ± 15.92^**
		3	21.83 ± 10.28^**	0.10(trace)^**	8.31 ± 11.62^**	13.62 ± 14.23^**
		14	1.81 ± 0.29^**	0.26 ± 0.15^**	0.96 ± 0.84^*	1.11 ± 0.80^*
Vector length	Unitless	0	0.665 ± 0.155^**	2.058 ± 0.515^**	1.596 ± 0.896^**	1.126 ± 0.685^**
		3	0.280 ± 0.069^**	0.459 ± 0.250^**	0.464 ± 0.246^**	0.275 ± 0.067^**
		14	2.886 ± 4.931^**	5.604 ± 2.004^**	4.358 ± 2.548^**	4.080 ± 5.067^**
Vector angle	Degrees	0	65.54 ± 3.09^**	73.40 ± 5.089^**	67.93 ± 4.66	71.02 ± 6.60
		3	67.64 ± 4.11^**	52.67 ± 21.63^**	50.50 ± 18.85^**	69.82 ± 7.19^**
		14	54.49 ± 14.63^**	19.91 ± 9.06^**	31.64 ± 20.05^**	43.25 ± 21.21^**

Means ± standard deviations for variables for each soil and litter type by day. Asterisks following means indicate significant differences between soil or litter types by day.

P ≤ 0.05.

^**

P ≤ 0.01.

^§

P ≤ 0.10.

Values without standard deviations were for single observations.