Table 3. Pearson correlation coefficients between soil microbial respiration and microbial biomass across the communities.
Total PLFAs | Bacterial PLFAs | Fungal PLFAs | Gram+ bacterial PLFAs | Gram− bacterial PLFAs | AMF PLFAs | Actinomycete PLFAs | Monounsaturated PLFAs | Branched PLFAs | SSC PLFAs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CMR at 25 °C | 0.811** | 0.808** | 0.748** | 0.813** | 0.800** | 0.686** | 0.729** | 0.770** | 0.813** | 0.813** |
CMR at 35 °C | 0.817** | 0.815** | 0.735** | 0.824** | 0.812** | 0.676** | 0.772** | 0.769** | 0.832** | 0.800** |
MRP at 25 °C | 0.210 | 0.201 | 0.184 | 0.236 | 0.191 | 0.091 | 0.291 | 0.148 | 0.258 | 0.217 |
MRP at 35 °C | 0.249 | 0.241 | 0.200 | 0.283 | 0.234 | 0.112 | 0.370* | 0.176 | 0.315* | 0.234 |
qCO2 at 25 °C | 0.486** | 0.471** | 0.419** | 0.495** | 0.465** | 0.434** | 0.453** | 0.440** | 0.491** | 0.508** |
qCO2 at 35 °C | 0.510** | 0.498** | 0.425** | 0.527** | 0.494** | 0.444** | 0.511** | 0.456** | 0.531** | 0.515** |
Q10 value | 0.128 | 0.133 | 0.056 | 0.151 | 0.146 | 0.060 | 0.253 | 0.097 | 0.180 | 0.058 |
*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01. MRP: microbial respiration: total PLFAs ratio; qCO2: respiration quotient; See Table 2 for abbreviations.