Cmic Nmic Moisture pH EC Corg T-N TC/TN Sand Silt Clay Nmic 0.9**                     Moisture 0.904** 0.793**                   pH -0.663** -0.6** -0.476*                 EC 0.574** 0.52* 0.587** -0.001               Corg 0.879** 0.755** 0.873** -0.504* 0.708**             T-N 0.904** 0.815** 0.867** -0.443* 0.796** 0.94**           TC/TN 0.033 0.024 0.026 0.07 0.151 0.177 0.101         Sand -0.164 -0.034 -0.356 0.1 -0.293 -0.474* -0.299 -0.427*       Silt 0.225 0.115 0.402 -0.052 0.442* 0.563** 0.41 0.475* -0.973**     Clay 0.113 -0.027 0.309 -0.133 0.171 0.391 0.205 0.375 -0.985** 0.919**   Av-P 0.696** 0.645** 0.468* -0.549** 0.437* 0.689** 0.659** 0.184 -0.073 0.107 0.044

Pearson’s correlation coefficient, n=20, *P<0.05, **P<0.01

Table 4: Correlation matrix (r-values) for Cmic and Nmic and physical-chemical characteristics of soils in HSLM.