Effect of land use, season, and soil depth on soil microbial biomass carbon of Eastern Himalayas

Ecological Processes

Table 2 Two-way ANOVAs showing significant differences in soil characteristics

Source	Moisture (%)	BD (g cm⁻³)	pH	TN (%)	P (%)	SOC (Mg C ha⁻¹)	MBC (μg g⁻¹)
Land use and season
Land use	5.78**	95.27***	51.87***	11.99***	11.45***	134.44***	29.19***
Season	64.24***	54.08***	107.84***	6.95**	26.09***	219.62***	19.46***
Land use × season	0.75^NS	2.51^NS	1.59^NS	0.44^NS	1.31^NS	2.42^NS	3.02**
Soil depth and land use
Soil depth	87.36***	47.88***	47.11***	64.29***	74.05***	32.42***	40.52***
Land use	19.50***	61.83***	55.05***	80.32***	63.64***	22.57***	13.18***
Soil depth × land use	0.97 ^NS	3.04**	1.20 ^NS	3.08**	3.74**	1.68 ^NS	1.59 ^NS

Values represent F values. **p(F) < 0.01; ***p(F) < 0.001
BD bulk density, TN total nitrogen, P available phosphorous, SOC soil organic carbon stock, MBC microbial biomass carbon