TABLE 3.
Spearman’s rank correlation co-efficient between rate process measurements and functional gene abundances.
| Rate Process | gene | r | P | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denitrification | nirS-ef | 0.422 | 0.081 | 18 |
| nirS-n | 0.562 | 0.015* | 18 | |
| nirS-m | 0.608 | 0.007* | 18 | |
| DNRA | nrfA | 0.485 | 0.056 | 18 |
*P < 0.05.