Figure 6: Relationship between P and R. | Nature Communications

Figure 6: Relationship between P and R.

From: Both respiration and photosynthesis determine the scaling of plankton metabolism in the oligotrophic ocean

Figure 6

Relationship between integrated rates of photosynthesis (P) and respiration (R) in the NAST (filled squares) and SATL (open squares). The blue line is the regression line for the NAST data: R=0.76P+28.25, R2=0.59, n=47. The red line is the regression line for the SATL data: R=0.98P−8.56; R2=0.64; n=46. Both the slope and intercept of the two equations are significantly different (t-test (n=89)=12.89, P=0.0001; t-test (n=89)=22.28, P=0.0001, respectively). The dotted line indicates the 1:1 line.

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