Table 4 Functional groups of soil micro-organisms in soil samples taken (0–5 cm) in the four aspects of the studied summits at “Ordesa and Monte Perdido” National Park.

From: Hierarchical drivers of soil microbial community structure variability in “Monte Perdido” Massif (Central Pyrenees)

Summit

Aspect

Total PLFA

Functional group biomassa

biomassa

Eukaryote

Gram−

Gram+

Actinobacteria

Total Gram+

Total Bacteria

Fungi

AM Fungi

Total Fungi

Anaerobes

ACU

North

87.32

0.98

30.26

23.45

13.88

37.33

67.59

1.33

2.81

4.14

1.07

South

217.55

6.08

82.54

62.66

21.10

83.76

166.31

5.76

7.14

12.90

1.81

East

152.90

3.44

53.65

45.19

19.52

64.70

118.36

2.87

5.74

8.61

1.66

West

346.89

6.67

151.32

93.43

28.56

121.99

273.31

5.56

12.42

17.98

1.44

CUS

N

78.36

2.10

27.51

17.86

13.57

31.43

58.94

1.23

3.23

4.46

0.74

S

150.13

2.40

61.66

39.12

17.24

56.36

118.01

2.37

4.33

6.70

1.20

E

49.41

1.35

18.20

11.28

7.50

18.78

36.97

0.85

1.78

2.62

0.37

W

130.58

2.56

52.56

31.82

16.72

48.54

101.09

1.44

5.07

6.52

1.30

TOB

N

31.08

0.58

13.23

6.85

4.60

11.45

24.68

0.26

0.71

0.97

0.47

S

28.03

0.82

10.84

7.46

3.18

10.64

21.48

0.27

1.12

1.38

0.19

E

43.35

0.80

17.52

10.28

6.19

16.47

33.99

0.69

1.27

1.96

0.59

W

62.04

1.17

21.26

18.12

6.63

24.75

46.01

1.88

3.72

5.60

0.83

OLA

N

47.42

0.59

19.20

10.61

7.91

18.52

37.72

0.52

1.53

2.05

0.65

S

11.25

0.55

5.33

1.40

1.81

3.21

8.55

0.22

E

45.34

1.65

17.00

10.36

7.54

17.90

34.90

0.75

1.28

2.02

0.56

W

23.25

0.84

9.06

4.88

4.36

9.23

18.29

0.58

0.42

1.00

0.19

  1. aSum of all fatty acids in the sample (nmol g dry soil−1).