Table 1 Pearson’s correlations of OCRs and BCERs to biomass or temperature.

From: Response of basal metabolic rate to complete submergence of riparian species Salix variegata in the Three Gorges reservoir region

Species

Index

Biomass

Temperature

S. variegata

leaf OCR

CS

−0.252

0.479

SS

0.168

0.306

stem OCR

CS

−0.548

0.894**

SS

0.085

−0.022

root OCR

CS

−0.074

0.453

SS

0.061

0.425

BCER

CS

−0.434

0.296

SS

0.221

−0.271

C. camphora

leaf OCR

CC

−0.091

0.591*

SC

−0.363

0.026

stem OCR

CC

−0.47

0.770**

SC

−0.039

−0.036

root OCR

CC

−0.488

0.703**

SC

−0.254

−0.366

BCER

CC

−0.811**

0.537

SC

−0.265

−0.462

  1. Biomass in the table indicates the total fresh weight of the total seedling; and temperature indicates the temperature on measuring the certain index. Data in the table indicate the Pearson’s correlation values (r 2). *Indicates correlations occurred between OCR and BCER to biomass or temperature according to the Pearson’s correlation test (P < 0.05). **Indicates correlations occurred between OCR and BCER to biomass or temperature, according to Pearson’s correlation test (P < 0.01). The abbreviations, CS, SS, CC and CS, indicate the control seedlings of S. variegata, the submerged seedlings of S. variegata, the control seedlings of C. camphora, and the submerged seedlings of C. camphora, respectively.