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Table 6 Soil physicochemical parameters of the three study sites (m ± SD, n = 3), analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey’s test

From: Diversity and abundance of terrestrial gastropods in Skikda region (North-East Algeria): correlation with soil physicochemical factors

Parameters

El-Hadaiek

Azzaba

Ben-Azzouz

F

P

T° soil

20.06 ± 0.12 a

19.14 ± 0.17 a

18.97 ± 0.92 a

3.46

0.10

pH

7.84 ± 0.00 a

8.05 ± 0.04 a

7.89 ± 0.24 a

1.83

0.24

Conductivity (dS/m)

0.48 ± 0.07 a

0.55 ± 0.04 a

0.58 ± 0.07 a

2.08

0.20

Organic matter (%)

13.75 ± 0.47 a

8.88 ± 0.72 b

12.41 ± 1.42 a

20.67

0.002**

Total limestone (%)

1.44 ± 0.31 a

2.48 ± 0.94 a

3.30 ± 1.42 a

2.61

0.15

Porosity (%)

36.07 ± 4.13 a

50 ± 5.23 b

47.3 ± 5.42 c

6.66

0.03*

Field capacity (%)

36.07 ± 4.01 a

12.31 ± 2.22 b

21.17 ± 3.12 c

42.21

0.000***

Permeability (cm/h)

0.25 ± 0.02 a

0.60 ± 0.06 b

0.56 ± 0.05 b

50.82

0.000***

  1. The means followed by the same letter are not significantly different (p < 0.05)
  2. *Significant difference at p < 0.05; **significant difference at p < 0.01; ***significant difference at p < 0.001