Table 1 Soil micro-aggregate size fractions (%) of topsoil (0–15 cm). (Means ± S.D., n = 3, different lowercase characters in a same column indicate difference between polluted and background plot at p < 0.05).
From: Does metal pollution matter with C retention by rice soil?
Plot | Size fractions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2–0.2 mm | 0.2–0.02 mm | 0.02–0.002 mm | <0.002 mm | |
Background | 40.00 ± 0.87a | 35.99 ± 1.33b | 17.25 ± 1.44b | 4.29 ± 0.30a |
Polluted | 24.23 ± 1.70b | 41.45 ± 3.92a | 23.22 ± 2.05a | 5.63 ± 0.53a |
