Table 1 Variations characteristics of the extracellular ecoenzymatic stoichiometric ratios.

From: Mine drainage leads to the reshaping of the spatial patterns of soil extracellular econzymatic stoichiometry and microbial resource limitation

Zone

Soil layer

EC:N

EC:P

EN:P

Littoral zone

0–10 cm

1.24 ± 0.22Aa

0.75 ± 0.19Aa

0.62 ± 0.18Ab

10–20 cm

0.80 ± 0.17Ba

0.28 ± 0.05Bb

0.36 ± 0.02Bb

20–30 cm

0.65 ± 0.15Ba

0.16 ± 0.02Ba

0.26 ± 0.07Ba

Riparian zone

0–10 cm

0.84 ± 0.45Aa

0.70 ± 0.36Aa

0.86 ± 0.10Aa

10–20 cm

0.71 ± 0.21Aa

0.23 ± 0.07Bb

0.34 ± 0.11Bb

20–30 cm

0.58 ± 0.09Aa

0.16 ± 0.02Ba

0.27 ± 0.03Ba

Upland zone

0–10 cm

1.27 ± 0.41Aa

0.66 ± 0.20Aa

0.53 ± 0.11Ab

10–20 cm

0.90 ± 0.17Ba

0.49 ± 0.12Ba

0.55 ± 0.17Aa

20–30 cm

0.62 ± 0.11Ba

0.16 ± 0.03Ca

0.26 ± 0.04Ba

  1. EC:N—ln BG/ln (NAG + LAP); EC:P -ln BG/ln AP; EN:P—ln (NAG + LAP)/ln AP. The data in the tables are the mean ± standard error, and the differences are considered to be significant at P < 0.05.
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