Research Article

Potential Use of Organic- and Hard-Rock Mine Wastes on Aided Phytostabilization of Large-Scale Mine Tailings under Semiarid Mediterranean Climatic Conditions: Short-Term Field Study

Table 8

Tables of two-way analysis of variance for microbial accumulated basal respiration and microbial biomass C (mean ± standard deviation, ) in experimental substrates (0–20 cm) from the time of establishment of the field assay (year 1 or 2006) and after 2 years (year 3 or 2008).

ParameterSource of variationDegrees of freedomMean squaresFP

Basal respirationModel25105727152.2<0.01
Treatment125725382.4<0.01
Year113522961947.2<0.01
Treatment × Year125032072.5<0.01
Error52695

Biomass CModel2555094253.9<0.01
Treatment1223278107.3<0.01
Year18198163779.4<0.01
Treatment × Year1223183106.9<0.01
Error52217