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Table 5 Linear correlation analysis of SOC, TN, POC, PON, MBC and MBN in the three soil depths (n = 81)

From: Enhancing soil organic carbon, particulate organic carbon and microbial biomass in semi-arid rangeland using pasture enclosures

Depth (cm)

SOC

TN

POC

PN

MBC

MBN

0–10

 SOC

–

     

 TN

0.71**

–

    

 POC

0.86**

0.70**

–

   

 PN

0.06

0.10

0.04

–

  

 MBC

0.57**

0.46**

0.63**

0.18

–

 

 MBN

0.32**

0.10

0.38**

0.01

0.21*

–

10–20

 SOC

–

     

 TN

0.54**

–

    

 POC

0.81**

0.42**

–

   

 PN

0.29**

0.14

0.25*

–

  

 MBC

0.40**

0.06

0.57**

0.15

–

 

 MBN

0.04

0.10

0.03

0.16

0.18

–

20–40

 SOC

–

     

 TN

0.66**

–

    

 POC

0.91**

0.65**

–

   

 PN

0.16

0.19

0.14

–

  

 MBC

0.30**

0.09

0.41**

0.10

–

 

 MBN

0.17

0.14

0.17

0.00

0.05

–

  1. Values are correlation coefficient, r
  2. SOC total soil organic carbon, TN total nitrogen, POC particulate organic carbon, PON particulate organic nitrogen, MBC microbial biomass carbon, MBN microbial biomass nitrogen
  3. * Denotes significant correlation at the 0.05 level
  4. ** Denotes significant correlation at the 0.01 level: others are not significant