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. 2020 Mar 4;192(4):212. doi: 10.1007/s10661-020-8160-2

Table 5.

Pearson correlation coefficients (r) and test of significance (n = 18)

pH SOC Ca ECEC Fed Ald Mnd Feo Alo Mno ill kao Clay Silt Sand Kf DIU Kf LIN Kf MON Kf CLT Kf IPU
pH 1.00
SOC 0.55a 1.00c
Ca 0.71c 0.74c 1.00
ECEC 0.64b 0.82c 0.92c 1.00
Fed 0.41 0.51a 0.36 0.41 1.00
Ald 0.50a 0.38 0.20 0.23 0.55a 1.00
Mnd 0.42 0.70c 0.49a 0.53a 0.94c 0.43 1.00
Feo 0.33 0.70c 0.45 0.40 0.57a 0.20 0.74a 1.00
Alo 0.04 0.05 − 0.13 − 0.15 0.57a 0.39 0.51 0.29 1.00
Mno 0.56a 0.88c 0.66b 0.62b 0.47 0.42 0.68a 0.82c 0.19 1.00
ill 0.25 0.02 0.33 0.20 − 0.22 − 0.08 − 0.21 − 0.23 − 0.08 − 0.07 1.00
kao − 0.19 0.01 − 0.30 − 0.17 0.30 0.21 0.27 0.18 0.18 0.10 − 0.98c 1.00
%clay 0.62b 0.81c 0.59b 0.70c 0.71c 0.60a 0.75c 0.56a 0.04 0.69c − 0.22 0.29 1.00
%silt 0.77c 0.82c 0.75c 0.79c 0.67c 0.49 0.70c 0.55a − 0.01 0.64c 0.08 − 0.04 0.89c 1.00
%sand − 0.75c − 0.82c − 0.75c − 0.79c − 0.63c − 0.46 − 0.67c 0.52a 0.05 − 0.62c − 0.09 0.05 − 0.88c − 0.99c 1.00
Kf DIU 0.63b 0.85c 0.80c 0.82c 0.31 0.27 0.46 0.60b − 0.15 0.80c − 0.04 0.03 0.69a 0.73c − 0.75b 1.00
Kf LIN 0.63b 0.90c 0.80c 0.82c 0.36 0.30 0.54a 0.65c − 0.10 0.85c − 0.06 0.06 0.73b 0.75c − 0.76b 0.99 1.00
Kf MON 0.55a 0.79c 0.74c 0.72c 0.15 0.25 0.35a 0.59b − 0.16 0.84a − 0.01 0.00 0.58a 0.57a − 0.57 0.94 0.94 1.00
Kf CLT 0.58a 0.92c 0.78 0.82c 0.41 0.31 0.60a 0.68c − 0.01 0.87c − 0.09 0.11 0.73c 0.74c − 0.75c 0.97 0.99 0.91 1.00
Kf IPU 0.51a 0.83c 0.81c 0.80c 0.31 0.15 0.50a 0.59b − 0.24 0.76c − 0.05 0.03 0.64c 0.71c − 0.73b 0.92 0.94 0.87 0.94 1.00
Kd DIU 0.70c 0.89c 0.82c 0.84c 0.34 0.31 0.49a 0.60b − 0.13 0.82c 0.08 − 0.07 0.71c 0.79c − 0.80b 0.98c 0.98 0.93 0.96 0.92
Kd LIN 0.64b 0.91c 0.80c 0.82c 0.37 0.33 0.56a 0.66c − 0.07 0.88c − 0.03 0.04 0.74c 0.76c − 0.77b 0.97 0.99c 0.94 0.99 0.94
Kd MON 0.57a 0.88c 0.78c 0.79c 0.26 0.29 0.47a 0.64b − 0.13 0.88c − 0.02 0.02 0.67c 0.67c − 0.68b 0.97 0.98 0.98c 0.97 0.93
Kd CLT 0.59b 0.94c 0.79c 0.83c 0.42 0.32 0.61a 0.67c − 0.02 0.88c − 0.05 0.07 0.74c 0.76c − 0.77b 0.95 0.98 0.91 1.00c 0.94
Kd IPU 0.51a 0.90c 0.79c 0.82c 0.34 0.21 0.54a 0.61b − 0.18 0.81c − 0.03 0.03 0.69c 0.74c − 0.76b 0.94 0.96 0.89 0.96 0.98c

Lowercase letter a, b and c indicate significance at p < 0.05, p < 0.01 and p < 0.001, respectively