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. 2019 Jan 4;6:e6171. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6171

Table 2. Effects of different treatments on the stability indices of soil aggregates.

Soil depth (cm) Treatments MWD (mm) GMD (mm) D
0–20 CK 0.61 ± 0.03 c 0.33 ± 0.01 c 2.971 ± 0.054 a
CF 0.65 ± 0.03 c 0.34 ± 0.02 c 2.961 ± 0.072 a
CS 0.76 ± 0.04 b 0.44 ± 0.03 b 2.925 ± 0.036 b
CB 0.84 ± 0.04 a 0.50 ± 0.03 a 2.917 ± 0.074 b
20–40 CK 0.38 ± 0.02 c′ 0.19 ± 0.01 c′ 2.987 ± 0.032 a′
CF 0.46 ± 0.03 b′ 0.23 ± 0.01 b′ 2.982 ± 0.048 a′
CS 0.57 ± 0.02 a′ 0.32 ± 0.02 a′ 2.969 ± 0.059 b′
CB 0.60 ± 0.02 a′ 0.33 ± 0.01 a′ 2.964 ± 0.035 b′

Note:

Data in the table are mean ± SE, n = 3. Different lowercase letters in the same column refer to significant difference according to LSD test (p < 0.05). The “a” and “a′” represent the ANOVA results for 0–20 and 20–40 cm soils, respectively.