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. 2015 Oct 11;226(11):372. doi: 10.1007/s11270-015-2642-9

Table 4.

Index of the influence of petroleum products (IFpp) on the activity of soil dehydrogenases

Dose Pp Incubation time, days
g kg−1 DM of soil 15 30 60 90 180
Biodiesel (Bd)
 2 3.337a 2.008a 1.416a 2.208a 0.886d
 4 3.378a 1.982a 1.397a 1.836b 1.660b
 8 1.997b 1.531b 1.290b 1.368c 1.763a
 16 0.910c 0.933c 0.715c 1.089d 1.799a
Diesel (D)
 2 1.857c 1.533c 1.328b 0.828d 0.966c
 4 2.278b 1.559bc 1.313b 1.510c 1.323b
 8 2.587a 1.603b 1.484a 1.786b 1.324b
 16 2.628a 1.668a 1.298b 2.028a 2.366a
Fuel oil (Fo)
 2 1.806d 1.333c 1.208c 0.742d 1.138c
 4 2.221c 1.535b 1.248bc 1.224c 1.218b
 8 2.461b 1.572b 1.287b 2.097b 1.459a
 16 2.899a 1.819a 1.609a 2.417a 1.494a
Unleaded petrol (P)
 2 0.855a 0.915a 0.997d 0.426a 0.836a
 4 0.640b 0.774b 1.102c 0.386b 0.622b
 8 0.582c 0.698c 1.286b 0.336c 0.534c
 16 0.588c 0.622c 1.374a 0.259d 0.500c

The same letter means a homogeneous group in the columns for a petroleum product (Pp)