Table 1 Correlations (r) and significance (P) determined by Mantel tests, between the bacterial community composition and various soil environmental variables.

From: Soil pH is equally important as salinity in shaping bacterial communities in saline soils under halophytic vegetation

Variable

r

P

SC

0.712

0.001

pH

0.602

0.001

EC

0.541

0.001

AK

0.532

0.001

NO3−–N

0.490

0.001

OM

0.423

0.001

NH4+–N

0.405

0.001

TN

0.301

0.002

TK

0.058

0.169

AP

0.097

0.080

TP

0.087

0.072

  1. SC, total water soluble salt content; EC, electrical conductivity; OM, organic matter; TN, soil total nitrogen; TP, soil total phosphorus; TK, soil total potassium; AP, available phosphorus; AK, available potassium; NH4+–N, ammonium nitrogen, NO3−–N, nitrate nitrogen. Values in bold indicate significant correlation (P < 0.05).
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