Table 3 Soil microbial biomass C, N and P in the land-use systems
From: Soil carbon stock and emission: estimates from three land-use systems in Ghana
Land-use type | Soil depth (cm) | Dry season | Wet season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MBC | MBN | MBP | MBC | MBN | MBP | ||
(mg kg−1) | |||||||
Arable land | 0–15 | 61.99 | 33.8 | 6.12 | 68.4 | 33.8 | 10.19 |
15–30 | 53.82 | 39.51 | 6.52 | 49.5 | 39.5 | 8.88 | |
Oil palm plantation | 0–15 | 75.75 | 58.93 | 9.83 | 104.9 | 84.4 | 15.58 |
15–30 | 70.03 | 38.47 | 8.20 | 79.9 | 53.4 | 14.33 | |
Forest land | 0–15 | 101.98 | 81.7 | 11.88 | 148.6 | 101 | 15.69 |
15–30 | 99.65 | 66.11 | 10.59 | 119.4 | 88.4 | 18.14 | |
LSD (0.05) | 11.72 | 18.6 | 2.85 | 12.92 | 15.79 | 6.58 | |
Fpr | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.003 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.05 | |
CV (%) | 10.1 | 23.2 | 21.3 | 9 | 15.7 | 31.6 | |