Table 2 Relationship between C functional group contents (y) and C contents in physical subfractions (x) in macroaggregates and microaggregates.a
From: Accumulation of organic C components in soil and aggregates
Subfraction | C functional groups | Macroaggregates (>250 μm) | Microaggregates (53–250 μm) | ||
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Equation | R 2 | Equation | R 2 | ||
Coarse iPOM | Alkyl C | y = 10.206e0.305x | 0.743 | – | – |
Methxoyl/N-alkyl C | y = 1.961lnx−4.393 | 0.865* | – | – | |
O-alkyl C | y = 10.096e0.137x | 0.599 | – | – | |
di-O-alkyl C | y = 10.091e0.388x | 0.612 | – | – | |
Aromatic C | y = 8.199e0.289x | 0.585 | – | – | |
Phenolic C | y = 1.752lnx−4.044 | 0.872* | – | – | |
Carboxyl C | y = 2.837lnx−6.449 | 0.687 | – | – | |
Fine iPOM | Alkyl C | y = 1.562e0.766x | 0.399 | y = 2.151x+2.749 | 0.197 |
Methxoyl/N-alkyl C | y = 0.514lnx+0.206 | 0.696 | y = 2.686lnx+6.183 | 0.396 | |
O-alkyl C | y = 0.797e0.555x | 0.837* | y=3.684lnx+2.891 | 0.600 | |
di-O-alkyl C | y = 0.836e1.526x | 0.807* | y = 3.585lnx+6.877 | 0.632 | |
Aromatic C | y = 0.304e1.226x | 0.898* | y = 2.625x+1.526 | 0.364 | |
Phenolic C | y = 0.419lnx+0.125 | 0.585 | y = 2.939lnx+7.314 | 0.520 | |
Carboxyl C | y = 0.194lnx+0.406 | 0.534 | y = 0.258e0.242x | 0.670 | |
Silt + clay subfraction | Alkyl C | y = 1.101e1.318x | 0.848* | y = 3.463x+4.559 | 0.513 |
Methxoyl/N-alkyl C | y = 0.46lnx+0.105 | 0.780* | y = 6.231x+3.911 | 0.838* | |
O-alkyl C | y = 1.08e0.584x | 0.663 | y = 2.350x+3.660 | 0.688 | |
di-O-alkyl C | y = 1.24e1.522x | 0.575 | y = 7.161x+3.585 | 0.785 | |
Aromatic C | y = 0.471e1.205x | 0.621 | y = 4.415e0.445x | 0.650 | |
Phenolic C | y = 0.398lnx+0.002 | 0.735 | y = 8.429x+4.012 | 0.847* | |
Carboxyl C | y = 0.776lnx-0.145 | 0.842* | y = 0.187x-0.564 | 0.609 |