Table 1 Two-way analysis of variance of the maximum nutrient uptake rates, with species and depth as independent variables.

From: Nitrogen and phosphorus uptake rates of different species from a coral reef community after a nutrient pulse

Effect

df 1 , df 2

F

P

NH4+:

ā€ƒSpecies

8, 91

99.297

<0.001

ā€ƒDepth

1, 91

2.085

0.152

ā€ƒSpecies × Depth

3, 91

11.592

<0.001

NO3āˆ’:

ā€ƒSpecies

6, 80

303.074

<0.001

ā€ƒDepth

1, 80

30.055

<0.001

ā€ƒSpecies × Depth

2, 80

14.105

<0.001

PO43āˆ’:

ā€ƒSpecies

8, 103

319.733

<0.001

ā€ƒDepth

1, 103

5.038

0.027

ā€ƒSpecies × Depth

4, 103

2.464

0.050

  1. Columns indicate the investigated effects, degrees of freedom (df1 and df2), the F-statistic (Fdf1,df2) and the corresponding probability (P). Significant results (P < 0.05) are indicated in bold.