Research Article

Interaction between Soil Physicochemical Parameters and Earthworm Communities in Irrigated Areas with Natural Water and Wastewaters

Table 5

Results of statistical analyses of physicochemical characteristics in different sites of the study.

RegionVariables Sites Da K 0.05 K 0.3 K 0.6 K 1 EC CaCo3% CaCo3%

El Madher
(sites irrigated by wastewaters downstream of El Gourzi effluent)
S1M25,060,3938,440,8765,139,814,532,781,292,730,7126,469,908,49
SD5,2940,0512,5270,0923,4750,4730,8390,4220,1341,2250,6112,9624,1290,162
S2M22,620,4627,590,7370,4926,3610,896,063,101,740,6043,3812,658,44
SD2,5660,0725,2590,0311,1752,2311,4011,0910,2990,8300,2946,1184,0720,134
S3M27,870,2928,731,0060,3024,9114,447,073,413,660,5323,5312,458,55
SD6,1370,1371,8180,0792,9641,0000,6100,3580,1720,5630,1752,4070,3710,049
S4M24,970,3136,060,8466,2815,896,673,831,916,430,2836,9124,927,68
SD5,2940,1250,8160,0391,4661,6491,5360,4770,1912,0650,0399,4235,4500,216
S5M22,330,2328,510,9263,3025,859,464,202,435,120,2031,3120,327,96
SD2,5660,0943,0690,0150,5512,3462,6420,9190,2740,9800,0813,3872,8030,206
S6M24,970,1933,230,8864,9422,2811,835,183,906,280,3629,1035,607,93
SD6,1370,0562,1480,0240,9071,8221,0060,9170,8261,4920,1595,2665,2650,335

Ouled Si Slimane
(sites irrigated by natural water of El Kochbi effluent)
S7M45,660,5030,591,0857,3410,805,893,461,572,490,2658,2311,807,83
SD6,3100,1227,0610,1134,2820,4890,4950,2000,1110,4930,0343,9844,7120,055
S8M26,820,8627,860,9363,0819,1814,897,513,811,720,2153,6915,707,75
SD3,1910,0664,3820,0321,2073,8781,1340,5930,3600,4330,0366,4682,6830,031
S9M24,630,7824,940,9761,5519,4713,067,243,192,120,5951,8218,007,92
SD3,9440,0893,4460,0913,4423,2740,8060,5010,2120,4610,29115,054,0770,073

Ranges values/siteMaxS7S8S1S7S2S2S8S8S6S4S1S7S6S3
MinS5S6S9S2S7S1S1S1S1S2S5S3S1S8

ANOVA resultsEffect Fd88888888888888
F6,2830.866.5411,3811.1739.4441.5335.3138.0215.192.7516.0720.6219.68
P0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0170.0000.0000.000

Highly significant. Significant. NS: not significant; M: mean; SD: standard difference; F: Fischer number; P: probability level; Fd: freedom degree.