Effect of metal contamination, pH and soil organic matter on diversity and evenness metrics of total soil communities¹.

1Significance was assessed using a two-tailed t-test (n = 9) and p-values are represented by: * ≤0.05, ** ≤0.01, and *** ≤0.001. 2Abbreviations: Abundance-based Coverage Estimator (ACE), Chao’s species richness estimator, Shannon-Weiner Index, Faith’s Phylogenetic Diversity, and ns, not significantly different.