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. 2015 Apr 1;4(3):505–517. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.255

Table 1.

Summary statistics of soil characteristics (n = 278)

Mean (SD) Median [min; max]
Physicochemical
 Organic carbon (g.kg−1) 21.9 (15.8) 17.1 [1.7; 174]
 Total nitrogen (g.kg−1) 2 (1.3) 1.6 [0.8; 14.6]
 C:N ratio 10.7 (1.6) 10.4 [1; 22.2]
 pH 7.7 (0.7) 8.0 [4.7; 8.4]
 CaCO3 (g.kg−1) 84.6 (161.2) 3.3 [0; 835]
 Clay (%) 33.3 (9.5) 34.3 [8; 61.7]
 Silt (%) 57.9 (9.6) 56.7 [35.5; 86.2]
 Sand (%) 8.8 (4.8) 7.4 [2; 29.3]
Microbial characteristics
 Microbial biomass 65.2 (55.9) 48.5 [2.28; 372.0]
 Bacterial richness 1276.2 (145.3) 1262.0 [850; 1761.0]
 Bacterial evenness 0.8 (0.02) 0.8 [0.7; 0.8]
 Bacterial Shannon index 5.5 (0.2) 5.5 [4.5; 6.1]