Table 1.

Locations and geochemical properties of 12 soil samples investigated in the present study.

Sample code	Soil type	Coordinates (N/E)	Temperature (°C)	Altitude (m)	Water content (%)	pH	Organic C (μg/g)	Organic N (μg/g)	NH${}_4^{+}$-N (μg/g)	SiO${}_4^{2-}$-Si (μg/g)	NO${}_2^{-}$-N (μg/g)	PO${}_4^{3-}$- P (μg/g)	NO${}_3^{-}$-N (μg/g)
W2-1	Human-colony impacted soil	62°12.931′–58°57.673′	3.0	3	20.28	7.34	33.38	4.21	2.074	1.169	1.622	3.335	8.799
W2-2					22.96	7.33	33.81	3.75	2.653	1.508	2.243	3.732	13.371
W2-3					18.60	7.44	38.62	4.44	1.989	1.514	2.388	3.776	7.760
Average					20.61A	7.37A	35.27A	4.13A	2.239A	1.397BC	2.084A	3.614A	9.977A
36-1	Seal-colony impacted soil	62°12.682′–59°00.634′	3.9	10	14.98	6.66	1.82	0.24	1.328	3.283	0.352	2.579	0.798
36-2					14.32	6.90	0.69	0.16	1.031	4.401	0.612	1.628	1.322
36-3					13.50	7.20	0.64	0.27	0.833	4.541	0.505	1.664	0.619
Average					14.27B	6.92B	1.05B	0.22B	1.064B	4.075A	0.490C	1.957B	0.913B
Q11-1	Penguin-colony impacted soil	62°12.735′–58°55.102′	2.3	40	15.99	6.33	2.38	0.20	1.309	3.003	0.228	0.966	3.673
Q11-2					17.74	6.68	9.49	0.61	1.349	2.336	0.326	1.530	3.546
Q11-3					17.57	6.69	8.35	0.54	2.169	1.641	0.426	2.007	3.861
Average					17.10B	6.57BC	6.74B	0.45B	1.609AB	2.327B	0.327C	1.504B	3.693B
A1-1	Pristine soil	62°13.764′–58°58.159′	2.0	28	12.58	5.92	0.41	0.01	1.349	1.032	1.042	0.073	1.625
A1-2					16.88	5.77	0.22	0.02	1.161	0.910	1.378	0.065	2.418
A1-3					15.65	5.78	0.66	0.01	0.999	0.909	1.096	0.069	1.608
Average					15.04B	5.82C	0.43B	0.01B	1.170B	0.950C	1.172B	0.069C	1.884B

Statistical significance was assessed by One-Way ANOVA followed by Tukey's HSD test, and significant differences were accepted when p < 0.05 between the two groups. The letters A and B were used to show statistically significant differences.