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. 2015 May 11;5:10102. doi: 10.1038/srep10102

Table 1. Cumulative CO2 production, soil organic matter (SOM) mineralization and fresh organic matter (FOM) mineralization during 0~9 d, 9~30 d, 30~105 d, and the whole period of the incubation.

  Larch Plantation soil
Secondary Forest soil
  +leaves +stalks +leaves +stalks
CO2 production (mg C kg-1 soil)
 0~9 d 171.13a 161.78b 367.46a 338.38b
 9~30 d 266.91b 277.65a 510.62b 557.11a
 30~105 d 560.89b 581.29a 895.06b 971.00a
 0~105 d 998.93b 1020.72a 1773.14b 1866.49a
 0~9 d 0.21a 0.16b 0.22a 0.12b
 9~30 d 0.53a 0.54a 0.59a 0.61a
 30~105 d 1.44b 1.49a 1.43b 1.59a
 0~105 d 2.18a 2.19a 2.24b 2.32a
 
FOM mineralization (% of added FOM)
 0~9 d 14.86a 15.70a 14.15b 14.93a
 9~30 d 13.01b 14.29a 12.87b 14.82a
 30~105 d 12.37a 12.95a 13.38a 13.67a
 0~105 d 40.25a 42.93a 40.40b 43.43a

Different letters in the same line denote significant differences (P < 0.05) between two FOM treatments based on Independent-Samples T Test (n = 4).