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Table 2 Effects of altered precipitation intensity on respiration carbon of total nematodes and trophic groups with and without N addition

From: Body size induced changes in metabolic carbon of soil nematodes under N deposition and precipitation regime change in a temperate grassland

N addition

Precipitation intensity (mm)

Nematodes respiration carbon

FF-CCO2

PP-CCO2

OP-CCO2

ng C per g dry soil

Nem-CCO2

BF-CCO2

N0

0

167.00 ± 15.64

92.03 ± 12.52

3.02 ± 0.97

6.08 ± 0.72

65.87 ± 8.98

 

2

282.70 ± 16.94

150.69 ± 4.73

3.38 ± 2.18

11.69 ± 1.98

116.94 ± 21.53

 

5

228.88 ± 18.66

111.92 ± 14.15

7.69 ± 2.82

32.26 ± 7.22

77.02 ± 16.23

 

10

476.38 ± 61.08

145.91 ± 2.09

35.70 ± 2.27

78.88 ± 5.66

215.89 ± 55.56

 

20

1269.63 ± 61.57

140.53 ± 13.42

41.39 ± 4.85

84.79 ± 8.45

11,002.92 ± 50.63

 

40

556.82 ± 41.02

412.26 ± 16.71

35.81 ± 6.38

54.40 ± 8.55

54.35 ± 24.65

N10

0

90.76 ± 11.84

24.42 ± 3.52

2.91 ± 0.67

11.16 ± 4.47

52.26 ± 13.45

 

2

93.53 ± 12.09

13.44 ± 0.86

1.92 ± 0.33

24.88 ± 6.13

53.28 ± 12.33

 

5

196.08 ± 29.44

25.56 ± 5.79

2.42 ± 0.86

5.53 ± 1.97

162.58 ± 30.32

 

10

95.12 ± 6.52

36.08 ± 3.31

0.31 ± 0.31

4.54 ± 2.51

54.19 ± 4.21

 

20

679.86 ± 197.63

44.21 ± 5.71

2.00 ± 1.07

33.04 ± 6.35

600.61 ± 204.14

 

40

202.35 ± 17.05

119.04 ± 5.02

4.72 ± 1.48

18.63 ± 5.57

59.96 ± 16.44

ANOVA

N addition (N)

50.59***

621.18***

150.42***

80.60***

5.81*

 

Precipitation (P)

44.99***

143.42***

23.60***

23.40***

39.24***

 

N × P

5.11***

40.57***

23.91***

18.79***

3.44*

  1. Mean and Standard Error values of four replicates are presented. Nem-CCO2, BF-CCO2, FF-CCO2, PP-CCO2, and OP-CCO2 represent the respiration carbon of total nematodes, bacterivores, fungivores, plant-parasites, and omnivores-predators, respectively. N0 and N10 represent control and N addition treatments (10 g N m−2 yr−1). *represents P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001