Table S2.Summary of Statistics for the Lines of Best Fit Infig. 2 (Correlations Between

Table S2.Summary of statistics for the lines of best fit inFig. 2 (correlations between leaf area and the concentrations of Na+ and Cl- in the soil water of the three soil fractions).

Part of figure / NaCl treatment / Line of best fit / P-value / Variance accounted for (%)
A (Na+– closely adhering) / 20 / Y = -0.12x +41.7 / 0.015 / 59.7
50 / NS* / - / -
200 / Y = 0.58x + 166.2 / 0.032 / 49.2
400 / Y = 2.18x + 175.9 / <0.001 / 88.7
B(Cl-– closely adhering) / 20 / Y = -0.10x + 28.0 / 0.016 / 58.8
50 / NS / - / -
200 / Y = 0.76x + 102.1 / 0.017 / 58.1
400 / Y = 1.85x +146.9 / 0.006 / 69.7
C (Na+– loosely adhering) / 20 / NS / - / -
50 / NS / - / -
200 / NS / - / -
400 / Y = 2.39x + 127.9 / 0.005 / 71.7
D(Cl-– loosely adhering) / 20 / NS / - / -
50 / NS / - / -
200 / Y = 0.65x + 94.7 / 0.013 / 61.5
400 / Y = 0.142x + 178.7 / 0.001 / 81.8
E (Na+– bulk soil) / 20 / NS / - / -
50 / NS / - / -
200 / NS / - / -
400 / Y = -1.37x + 447.1 / 0.002 / 77.9
F(Cl-– bulk soil) / 20 / NS / - / -
50 / NS / - / -
200 / NS / - / -
400 / NS / - / -

*NS = not significant