Table 3 Means ± standard error (n = 3) of soil chemical properties (0–10 cm and 10–20 cm depth) under N-deposition across the growing season.

CK

9.7 ± 1.8a

11.3 ± 1.4a

10.3 ± 1.6a

2.3 ± 0.1c

2.6 ± 0.2a

2.7 ± 0.3a

CK

12.8 ± 1.5a

12.1 ± 0.6bc

7.3 ± 0.6c

2.7 ± 0.4a

3.8 ± 0.6a

1.8 ± 0.2a

LN

10.6 ± 1.9a

13.8 ± 0.5a

13.1 ± 0.5a

3.8 ± 0.5a

3.5 ± 0.4a

2.7 ± 0.2a

LN

12.6 ± 2.3a

13.5 ± 0.6a

12.6 ± 0.4ab

3.1 ± 0.4a

3.1 ± 0.2a

3.2 ± 0.3a

MN

14.3 ± 2.7a

13.1 ± 0.6a

13.1 ± 0.6a

3.3 ± 0.5b

2.8 ± 0.1a

2.6 ± 0.1a

MN

15.9 ± 6.3a

12 ± 0.2b

11.8 ± 0.1b

3.9 ± 1.1a

2.3 ± 0.2b

2.9 ± 0.4a

HN

8.8 ± 0.4a

10.7 ± 2.3a

11.7 ± 2.0a

2.2 ± 0.2c

3.2 ± 0.9a

2.7 ± 0.5a

HN

11.2 ± 2.5a

10.5 ± 1.0c

13.5 ± 0.6a

2.7 ± 0.6a

1.9 ± 0.2b

2.4 ± 0.8a

p

0.063

0.154

0.19

0.005

0.384

0.962

p

0.631

0.013

0.001

0.318

0.002

0.096