Figure 3: Volumetric soil water content and soil nitrate over time. | Nature Communications

Figure 3: Volumetric soil water content and soil nitrate over time.

From: Flooding disturbances increase resource availability and productivity but reduce stability in diverse plant communities

Figure 3

Volumetric soil water content (%) at 20 cm depth was measured during the final 2 weeks of June 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. Low flooding severity plots are indicated with white bars (n=25), grey bars represent medium severity plots (n=25), and the highest flooding severity plots are indicated with black bars (n=26). Comparisons were made in June to assess the direct role of the flood, which happened in June. Soil moisture was highest in June 2013 and increased with increasing flooding severity (a). Soil nitrate increased with increasing flooding severity in 2013 (b). For all comparisons, values were binned into three flooding severity classes (equal sample sizes in each) for display purposes only. Error bars represent s.e. of binned groups.

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