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. 2014 Mar 25;9(3):e92985. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092985

Table 2. Soil inorganic nitrogen (NH4 +-N and NO3 -N) concentrations, microbial biomass carbon to nitrogen (MBC/N) ratio and fungi to bacteria biomass (F/B) ratio of the ten sampling sites.

Sites NH4 +-N (mg kg−1) NO3 -N (mg kg−1) MBC/N F/B
JUL. JAN. JUL. JAN. JUL. JAN. JUL. JAN.
P1 1.48 ± 0.03 1.66 ± 0.21 0.04 ± 0.01 NT 15.90 ± 4.57 49.26 ± 5.18 0.024 ± 0.001 0.126 ± 0.011
P2 1.54 ± 0.00 1.92 ± 0.07 0.04 ± 0.00 NT 23.54 ± 5.07 41.58 ± 6.25 0.023 ± 0.002 0.136 ± 0.039
P3 1.60 ± 0.08 1.76 ± 0.08 0.02 ± 0.01 NT 30.68 ± 6.82 55.04 ± 5.31 0.033 ± 0.002 0.132 ± 0.011
L1 1.57 ± 0.04 1.69 ± 0.03 0.01 ± 0.00 NT 8.89 ± 2.49 31.48 ± 1.57 0.054 ± 0.013 0.115 ± 0.018
L2 1.61 ± 0.01 1.84 ± 0.06 0.01 ± 0.00 NT 35.36 ± 3.22 68.38 ± 16.33 0.083 ± 0.004 0.075 ± 0.003
L3 1.60 ± 0.03 1.78 ± 0.31 0.00 ± 0.00 NT 33.87 ± 8.95 47.83 ± 7.87 0.079 ± 0.003 0.097 ± 0.019
BH 1.73 ± 0.96 2.25 ± 0.03 0.02 ± 0.00 NT 15.34 ± 2.46 31.97 ± 4.28 0.056 ± 0.007 0.096 ± 0.006
MA 1.63 ± 0.08 2.23 ± 0.20 0.03 ± 0.01 NT 41.79 ± 13.95 33.74 ± 1.18 0.060 ± 0.004 0.076 ± 0.007
RO 1.73 ± 0.13 1.85 ± 0.10 0.06 ± 0.01 NT 9.70 ± 1.09 31.59 ± 7.83 0.073 ± 0.006 0.078 ± 0.004
CG 1.45 ± 0.03 1.67± 0.08 0.08 ± 0.01 NT 9.25 ± 3.72 33.69 ± 1.06 0.070 ± 0.008 0.066 ± 0.004

Values are presented as mean±standard errors. NT =  not detectable.