Table 5 Relationship between rotifer and tardigrade abundance in soil blocks (total in 20 × 20 × 20 cm) and soil and plant parameters
From: Plant, soil and faunal responses to a contrived pH gradient
| Total Abundance (100 g DWE) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rotifers | Tardigrades | |
| Mean (n = 10) ± S.E. | ||
| Control | 12.0 ± 5.4a | 1.2 ± 0.8a |
| Elemental Sulphur | 10.8 ± 3.9a | 1.2 ± 0.6a |
| Ferrous Sulphate | 8.9 ± 1.8a | 1.3 ± 0.6a |
| Spearman’s rank correlation | ||
| Soil pH | – | – |
| Soil Fe | −0.462 | – |
| Soil Mg | – | 0.371 |
| Plant Tissue Al | −0.480 | – |
| Plant Tissue Fe | −0.443 | – |
| Plant Tissue K | 0.498 | – |
| Root Biomass | – | −0.336 |