Research Article
County-Scale Spatial Distribution of Soil Enzyme Activities and Enzyme Activity Indices in Agricultural Land: Implications for Soil Quality Assessment
Table 3
Parameters for variogram models of soil physicochemical properties, enzyme activities, and TEI in surface horizon (0–20 cm) of Changwu County (
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| Parameters | Model | | | [/()]100 | Range/km | RMSS |
| OM | Gaussian | 3.03 | 4.36 | 69.53 | 9.3 | 1.09 | Total N | Gaussian | 0.02 | 0.04 | 57.05 | 7.49 | 1.05 | Total P | Gaussian | 0.04 | 0.05 | 77.74 | 6.26 | 1.05 | Total K | Spherical | 0.89 | 3.07 | 28.83 | 3.31 | 1.01 | Alkali-hydrolyzable N | Gaussian | 100.93 | 243.7 | 41.41 | 11.33 | 1.06 | Available P | Gaussian | 0.26 | 0.32 | 81.78 | 15.63 | 1.08 | Available K | Exponential | 0.19 | 0.21 | 89.89 | 10.27 | 1.01 | CEC | Exponential | 0.01 | 0.04 | 31.06 | 10.46 | 1.01 | Clay | Exponential | 7.18 | 24.64 | 29.14 | 5.23 | 0.97 | pH | Gaussian | 0.02 | 0.05 | 37.78 | 9.36 | 1.03 | Invertase | Gaussian | 16.89 | 27.93 | 60.45 | 3.89 | 1.00 | Urease | Gaussian | 8.87 | 10.4 | 85.34 | 9.36 | 1.02 | Phosphatase | Gaussian | 1.59 | 2.6 | 61.31 | 12.99 | 1.01 | Catalase | Gaussian | 1.32 | 2.44 | 54.27 | 5.33 | 0.98 | Dehydrogenase | Exponential | 0.19 | 0.27 | 71.26 | 1.99 | 0.96 | TEI | Gaussian | 0.65 | 1.30 | 50.15 | 0.84 | 1.07 |
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, nugget variance; , structural variance; , sill; RMSS, root-mean-square standardized; OM, organic matter; N, nitrogen; P, phosphorous; K, potassium; and CEC, cation exchange capacity.
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