Table 4 Results of model 2.

From: Coccolithophore community response to ocean acidification and warming in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: results from a mesocosm experiment

Treatment

Total coccolithophores

E. huxleyi

R. clavigera

E. huxleyi mass

C

 

+NH4+ (p = 1.4 × 10–2)

–NO3– (p = 2.6 × 10–2)

 

W

 + PO43– (p = 7.0 × 10–2)

 

+PO43– (p = 8.6 × 10–2)

 

OA

 

+NO3– (p = 3.0 × 10–2)

 

 + PO43– (p = 5.0 × 10–3)

GH

+NO3– (p = 7.0 × 10–3); + NH4+ (p = 2.8 × 10–2)

+NO3– (p = 8.7 × 10–2)

+NO3– (p = 5.5 × 10–2); +NH4+ (p = 1.0 × 10–3)

 + NH4+ (p = 4.9 × 10–2)

  1. The positive (negative) signs indicate direct (inverse) significant relationships between the coccolithophore parameters (i.e. coccolithophore cell abundance and E. huxleyi coccosphere calcite mass) and nutrient concentrations. The correspondent p-values are indicated within parentheses.
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