Table 3.

Pearson’s correlation coefficients of the environmental parameters with amoA abundance and their ratios in sediment samples

	AOA	AOB
Bottom DO	−0.68*	−0.66*
NH4+	0.55	0.61
TP	0.73*	0.60
IL	0.33	0.27
AVS-S	−0.03	0.10
β-D-glucosidase activity	0.51	0.35

^*p<0.05 (n=10)

Abbreviations: TP, total phosphorus levels; IL, ignition loss; AVS-S, acid volatile sulfide-sulfur levels; DO, dissolved oxygen