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. 2019 Jul;190:128–138. doi: 10.1016/j.still.2019.03.005

Table 4.

Relationships among the SOC, aggregate indices and aggregate associated carbon in 2013.

Pearsons Bivariate Correlations
Residue WB-C TOC WSMa WSMia TWSa MWD AS GMD AR POC MAC MicC
Residue 1
WB-C 0.811*
TOC 0.826* 0.999**
WSMa 0.891* 0.941* 0.952*
WSMia −0.52 −0.91 −0.9 −0.83
TWSa 0.962* 0.854* 0.871* 0.967* −0.66
MWD 0.779* 0.782* 0.802* 0.938* −0.75 0.921*
AS 0.869* 0.939* 0.950* 0.999** −0.85 0.957* 0.946*
GMD 0.75* 0.887* 0.898* 0.965* −0.89 0.893* 0.969* 0.976*
AR 0.665* 0.899* 0.906* 0.932* −0.95 0.819* 0.918* 0.947* 0.986*
POC 0.447* −0.0 0.034 0.332 0.132 0.508* 0.555 0.326 0.334 0.185
MAC 0.992** 0.861* 0.875* 0.94* −0.62 0.986* 0.843 0.924* 0.826 0.752* 0.435
MicC 0.941* 0.952* 0.961* 0.985* −0.78 0.970* 0.875 0.977* 0.907* 0.868* 0.285 0.972* 1

Where, WBC: Walkley Black carbon, TOC: Total organic carbon; WSMa: water stable macro aggregates; WSMia: water stable microaggregates; TWSa: total water stable aggregates; MWD: mean eight diameter; AS: aggregate stability; GMD: geometric mean diameter; AR: aggregate ratio; POC: particulate organic carbon; MAC: macroaggregate associated carbon; MicC: microaggregate associated carbon.

*

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

**

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).