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

Table 5.

Relationships among the SOC, aggregate indices and aggregate associated carbon in 2015.

Pearsons Bivariate Correlations
Residue WB-C TOC WSMa WSMia TWSa MWD AS GMD AR POC MAC MicC
Residue 1
WB-C 0.925*
TOC 0.865* .991**
WSMa 0.974* 0.938* 0.90*
WSMia −0.999** −0.911 −0.849 −0.976*
TWSa 0.963* 0.938* 0.905* 0.999** −0.966*
MWD 0.673 0.794 0.828* 0.821 −0.677 0.845
AS 0.964* 0.943* 0.911* 0.999** −0.966* 1.000** 0.845
GMD 0.853* 0.894 0.893* 0.949 −0.857 0.961* 0.959* 0.961*
AR 0.953* 0.986* 0.967* 0.981* −0.948 0.983* 0.839 0.985* 0.945*
POC 0.972* 0.964* 0.921* 0.931* −0.960* 0.92 0.638 0.924* 0.806 0.954*
MAC 0.772 0.736 0.675 0.628 −0.749 0.601 0.175 0.608 0.395 0.673 0.862*
MicC 0.957* 0.987* 0.959* 0.936* −0.943 0.929* 0.702 0.934* 0.843 0.973* 0.994** 0.823* 1

Where, WB-C: walkley black carbon, TOC: total organic carbon; WSMa: water stable macroaggregates; 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).