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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 9.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Pollut. 2016 Jun 22;216:624–635. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.06.024

Table 3.

Percentage of sites (N = 97), classified by macro nutrient contents (mg g−1) in (1) deficient-, (2) optimum- and (3) surplus range, as well as by corresponding nutrient ratios (class 1: lower range, class 2: medium/harmonious range, class 3: upper range) according to Stefan et al. (1997).

Class Limit N
S
P
Ca
Mg
K
Ca/Mg
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
18.0–25.0 1.3–2.0 1.0–1.7 4.0–8.0 1.0–1.5 5.0–10.0 3.7–8.0

1984 3 80 17 11 89 0 13 86 1 1 5 94 2 20 78 1 16 83 3 81 16
2012 1 69 30 5 91 4 85 15 0 1 36 63 12 47 41 19 79 2 6 74 20
Class Limit N/S
N/P
N/Ca
N/Mg
N/K
K/Ca
K/Mg
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
9.0–19.2 10.6–25.0 2.3–6.3 12.0–25.0 1.8–5.0 0.6–2.5 3.3–10.0

1984 1 97 2 0 93 7 73 26 1 48 50 2 39 60 1 5 94 1 6 88 6
2012 0 95 5 0 14 86 22 77 1 11 81 8 0 85 15 20 79 1 18 79 3