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Table 1 Physico-chemical parameters analysed from soil samples collected from Chinapintza and La Pangui sites of Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador

From: Generalist arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi dominated heavy metal polluted soils at two artisanal and small − scale gold mining sites in southeastern Ecuador

Name of site

pH

Levels of major elements in ppm

Levels of trace elements in m.eq / 100 ml

Level of Na in meq / 100 g soil

NH4

P

S

Cl

K

Ca

Mg

Fe

Mn

B

Chinapintza*

3.39 ± 0.56

47.75 ± 29.25

17.34 ± 7.66

116.00 ± 80.84

89.80 ± 16.20

0.21 ± 0.13

0.68 ± 0.28

0.53 ± 0.45

1473.80 ± 926.2

150.64 ± 44.36

0.66 ± 0.14

0.22 ± 0.02

La Pangui**

4.25 ± 2.21

75.44 ± 39.66

22.54 ± 10.46

168.01 ± 33.99

83.80 ± 17.20

0.19 ± 0.14

2.98 ± 1.02

0.68 ± 0.23

661.20 ± 406.80

67.13 ± 40.14

0.82 ± 0.12

0.28 ± 0.10

  1. *Mean value of 9 data
  2. **Mean value of 21 data