Table 5 Pearson’s correlation between the characteristics of soil carbon and soil physical properties.

From: Variation of soil organic carbon and physical properties in relation to land uses in the Yellow River Delta, China

Factors

SWC (%)

BD (g cm−3)

Pt (%)

Clay (%)

Silt (%)

Sand (%)

R0.25

MWD

GMD

SOC

− 0.193

− 0.028

0.039

0.120

0.214

− 0.203

0.050

− 0.125

− 0.136

LOC

− 0.639**

− 0.014

0.022

0.027

0.093

− 0.086

− 0.177

− 0.202

− 0.078

MBC

− 0.508**

− 0.243

0.246

− 0.223

− 0.147

0.155

− 0.366*

− 0.450**

− 0.378*

LOC:SOC

− 0.260

− 0.072

0.069

− 0.007

− 0.143

0.125

− 0.124

0.013

0.040

MBC:SOC

− 0.391**

− 0.207

0.204

− 0.356*

− 0.360*

0.360*

− 0.462**

− 0.413**

− 0.371*

NLC

− 0.186

− 0.027

0.038

0.121

0.215

− 0.203

0.053

− 0.123

− 0.136

L

− 0.256

− 0.072

0.070

− 0.004

− 0.142

0.124

− 0.122

0.014

0.037

LI

− 0.801**

− 0.215

0.216

− 0.253

− 0.288

0.283

− 0.469**

− 0.402**

− 0.281

CPI

0.599**

0.333*

− 0.334*

0.266

0.338*

− 0.329*

0.442**

0.483**

0.390**

CMI

− 0.408**

0.213

− 0.215

0.142

0.209

− 0.203

0.050

0.208

0.290

  1. *Correlation significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).
  2. **Correlation significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).