Journal of Chemistry

Research Article

Soil Microbial Community Structure Evolution along Halophyte Succession in Bohai Bay Wetland

Table 2

Soil parameters in successional stages.


Stage	Layer	SOC (%)	TN (%)	C/N ratio	pH	Moisture content (g g⁻¹)	Bulk density (g cm⁻³)	Salinity (%)

I	S1	1.33 (0.06)^Aa	0.06 (0.00)^Aa	22.10 (0.66)^Aa	8.38 (0.05)^Ae	18.78 (0.43)^Aa	1.31 (0.06)^Aa	5.22 (0.18)^Aa
	S2	1.29 (0.02)^ABa	0.03 (0.01)^Ba	29.36 (2.52)^Ba	8.59 (0.03)^Be	20.69 (0.35)^Ba	1.47 (0.09)^Aa	1.85 (0.45)^Ba
	S3	1.22 (0.04)^Ba	0.03 (0.00)^Ba	40.01 (3.05)^Ca	8.71 (0.02)^Cf	21.70 (0.35)^Ca	1.47 (0.06)^Aa	0.94 (0.69)^Ba

II	S1	1.70 (0.13)^Aab	0.08 (0.02)^Aa	20.05 (1.62)^Aa	8.90 (0.01)^Aa	16.47 (0.59)^Ab	1.23 (0.08)^Aa	0.71 (0.16)^Ac
	S2	1.29 (0.03)^Ba	0.04 (0.00)^Ba	27.26 (0.53)^Bb	8.97 (0.03)^Bb	20.73 (0.36)^Ba	1.40 (0.05)^Ba	0.84 (0.03)^Bb
	S3	1.23 (0.01)^Ba	0.03 (0.01)^Bab	34.54 (0.51)^Ca	9.06 (0.02)^Cb	21.13 (0.23)^Ba	1.30 (0.02)^ABabc	0.78 (0.02)^Ba

III	S1	2.29 (0.39)^Ab	0.14 (0.04)^Aa	16.08 (1.25)^Ab	8.45 (0.02)^Ad	15.50 (0.58)^Ab	1.03 (0.12)^Ab	0.67 (0.24)^Ac
	S2	1.33 (0.01)^Ba	0.04 (0.00)^Ba	35.43 (1.26)^Bb	8.74 (0.02)^Ba	16.22 (0.09)^Ac	1.41 (0.08)^Ba	0.48 (0.01)^Abc
	S3	1.24 (0.01)^Ba	0.04 (0.00)^Bbc	43.16 (2.58)^Cb	8.77 (0.01)^Ca	17.43 (0.41)^Bb	1.38 (0.10)^Bab	0.45 (0.00)^Aa

IV	S1	4.12 (0.88)^Ac	0.33 (0.08)^Ab	12.72 (0.31)^Ac	8.46 (0.01)^Ad	14.58 (0.14)^Aa	0.88 (0.08)^Ac	0.37 (0.03)^Ac
	S2	1.46 (0.02)^Bb	0.05 (0.01)^Bb	27.61 (3.31)^Bb	9.04 (0.06)^Bd	15.93 (0.04)^Bb	1.18 (0.09)^Bc	0.29 (0.01)^Bc
	S3	1.45 (0.09)^Bb	0.04 (0.01)^Bc	31.89 (1.88)^Cb	9.31 (0.01)^Ce	17.08 (0.42)^Cb	1.17 (0.15)^Bc	0.22 (0.01)^Ca

Numbers in parentheses are standard errors. Capital and small letters represent significant differences among soil depths within the same successional stage and among successional stages within the same soil depth, respectively ().