Table 3.
Type | Microbial biomass C∗∗∗ (μg C g−1 dry soil) | Microbial biomass N∗∗∗ (μg N g−1dry soil) | Respiration∗ (μg C g−1dry soil day−1) | Mineralization∗∗∗ (μg N g−1dry soil day−1) | Nitrification∗∗∗ (μg Ng−1dry soil day−1) | DEA∗∗∗ (μg Ng−1dry soil day−1) |
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ETP | 923.82 ± 141.89a | 77.79 ± 6.25a | 25.92 ± 5.18a | 1.28 ± 0.50a | 0.68 ± 0.21a | 2.97 ± 0.66a |
SSIS | 633.70 ± 128.96b | 53.13 ± 6.34b | 30.96 ± 8.79a | 0.67 ± 0.22ab | 0.76 ± 0.20a | 3.01 ± 0.72a |
UF | 521.93 ± 00.01c | 101.22 ± 3.87a | 30.50 ± 0.01a | 0.58 ± 0.01b | 0.56 ± 0.05b | 0.93 ± 0.05b |
VS | 375.13 ± 65.30c | 35.17 ± 6.12c | 13.82 ± 2.41b | 0.15 ± 0.03c | 0.22 ± 0.04c | 0.56 ± 0.10c |
Values are mean ± SE (n = 15 except for VS n = 33 and UF n = 3). Significant code: ∗∗∗P < 0.0001; ∗∗P < 0.001; ∗P < 0.05; ns non-significant. Significant differences (P < 0.05) are indicated by different letters (Deeb et al., 2018).