Research Article

Tillage Effects on Spatiotemporal Variability of Particulate Organic Matter

Table 7

Standardized partial regression coefficients relating soil physical properties to particulate organic matter (POM)-C and -N fractions. Numbers in the columns labeled 98%CI are the half-width of the confidence intervals.

FractionTimeSand98%CIClay98%CIBulk density98%CI

POM-C

>1000 mAugust 030.030.339 0.221
April 04 0.355 0.504
October 040.370.343 0.497
June 050.130.354 0.473
All0.270.237
250–1000  mAugust 03 0.321 0.196
April 04 0.334 0.447
October 040.080.324 0.441
June 05 0.334 0.419
All 0.247
53–250  mAugust 03 0.351 0.188
April 04 0.362 0.431
October 04 0.353 0.425
June 05 0.362 0.402
All 0.297

POM-N

>1000  mAll0.220.246 0.244 0.504
250–1000  mAll0.020.23 0.228 0.272
53–250  mAll 0.261 0.263 0.150