Figure 2

Inter-correlation between bacterial abundance and particulate organic carbon as well as soil microbial activity.
Bacterial abundance as a function of total soil organic carbon (a) and a function of particulate organic carbon (b); Soil respiration as a function of bacterial abundance (c); Bacterial abundance scaled soil respiration (d) and normalized enzyme activity (e) respectively as a function of bacterial abundance. Values in the mean ± SD, n = 3.