Table 3.

Correlation between biochemical properties and basic properties of soils.

	CB	BG	NAG	XYL	MBC	MBN
N	0.6234*	0.5516*	0.5321*	0.4851*	0.6076*	0.6392
C	0.6083*	0.4818*	0.3877	0.4936*	0.6272*	0.5783
Sand	− 0.3690	− 0.4212	− 0.3241	− 0.2795	− 0.4041	− 0.3635
Silt	0.3903	0.4484*	0.3541	0.3002	0.4004	0.3678
Clay	0.1094	0.1015	− 0.0183	0.0366	0.3451	0.2460
pH in H2O	− 0.2914	− 0.1549	− 0.2329	− 0.4048	− 0.0870	0.0161
pH in KCl	− 0.0528	0.1370	0.0645	− 0.1986	0.1879	0.2857
Ca	− 0.1498	− 0.1244	− 0.1456	− 0.3139	− 0.0962	0.0173
K	0.5456*	0.5059*	0.4410	0.4351	0.5995*	0.6072*
Mg	0.0062	0.0142	− 0.0020	− 0.1739	0.0442	0.1610
Na	0.7006*	0.7628*	0.6017*	0.5191*	0.6510*	0.6109*
PAHs	0.0114	0.0465	− 0.0883	− 0.0678	0.1144	− 0.0087
Cd	0.2406	0.1309	0.0607	0.0688	0.0729	0.1067
Co	0.4145	0.4498*	0.4387	0.2139	0.2599	0.2966
Cr	0.4060	0.3896	0.3929	0.2261	0.3049	0.3565
Cu	0.3650	0.3432	0.3605	0.2121	0.3154	0.3385
Mn	0.0820	0.1250	− 0.0060	− 0.1687	0.0608	− 0.0236
Ni	0.1007	0.2463	0.2543	0.0656	− 0.0418	− 0.1686
Pb	0.5166*	0.4369	0.4099	0.3470	0.4459*	0.4393
Zn	0.3731	0.3884	0.3136	0.1219	0.2505	0.2820

*p < 0.05.