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Ecological Processes

Table 1 Selected characteristics of the two paddy soils prior to use in the present study

From: The effect of dolomite amendment on soil organic carbon mineralization is determined by the dolomite size

Parameters

Sampling sites

Qichun (S1)

Chibi (S2)

pH (1:2.5 H2O)

5.19 ± 0.02

5.57 ± 0.03

TC (%)

2.22 ± 0.04

1.49 ± 0.01

TN (%)

0.24 ± 0.00

0.19 ± 0.00

DOC (mg kg−1)

70.67 ± 3.34

84.95 ± 0.55

NH4+-N (mg kg−1)

3.29 ± 1.03

2.49 ± 0.53

NO3−-N (mg kg−1)

2.12 ± 0.71

1.64 ± 0.04

WHC (%)

61.03 ± 0.86

42.76 ± 0.11

Clay (%)

26.07 ± 0.21

30.10 ± 0.28

Silt (%)

55.26 ± 0.36

67.83 ± 0.55

Sand (%)

18.66 ± 0.56

2.07 ± 0.76

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3)
  2. TC total carbon, TN total nitrogen, DOC dissolved organic carbon, WHC water holding capacity
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