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. 2020 Apr 27;192(5):315. doi: 10.1007/s10661-020-8190-9

Table 2.

Correlation coefficients r between selected soil properties and the content of the determined phosphorus fractions

Selected soil properties Phosphorus fractions P-available
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6
pH 0.17 − 0.13 0.08 0.27 0.42* 0.09 0.27
Hh − 0.14 0.12 − 0.01 − 0.17 − 0.29* 0.16 0.06
CEC − 0.20 − 0.24 0.29* 0.54* 0.24 0.03 0.40*
C-org. 0.16 − 0.20 0.07 0.48* 0.23 0.47* 0.66*
P-tot. 0.01 − 0.16 0.23 0.60* 0.60* 0.81* 0.80*
C/P 0.14 − 0.02 − 0.33* − 0.23 − 0.41* 0.38* − 0.27
P-available − 0.08 − 0.18 0.32* 0.65* 0.28 0.60*

CEC cation exchange capacity, Hh hydrolytic acidity, P-available P determined with the Egner-Riehm method; *significant at p < 0.05, n = 48; F1 easily soluble fraction, F2 exchangeable fraction, F3 organic fraction, F4 carbonate fraction, F5 stable organic-mineral and mineral bonds, F6 residual fraction