Table 2 Two-way ANOVA for effects of land use and aggregate size on SOC, TN concentration and stock, MBC and Cmic: Corg ratio within soil aggregates.

From: Soil aggregate mediates the impacts of land uses on organic carbon, total nitrogen, and microbial activity in a Karst ecosystem

 

Land use

Aggregate size

Land use × Aggregate size

F

P

F

P

F

P

Aggregate-associated SOC concentration

20.95

<0.001

9.25

0.001

0.32

0.952

Aggregate-associated TN concentration

18.25

<0.001

6.02

0.006

0.10

0.999

Aggregate-associated SOC stock

10.44

<0.001

337.91

<0.001

12.67

<0.001

Aggregate-associated TN stock

7.11

<0.001

433.68

<0.001

12.30

<0.001

Aggregate-associated MBC

10.00

<0.001

9.22

0.001

1.06

0.416

Aggregate-associated Cmic: Corg ratio

5.97

0.001

4.66

0.017

2.04

0.075

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