Table 5.
Inorganic anion and cation concentrations in shoots of two morphotypes of Cakile maritima.
| Leaf morphotype | Cl | NO3 | PO4 | SO4 | Na | K | Ca | Mg | NH4 | I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (mg kg-1 FW) | (µg 100 g-1 FW) | |||||||||
| Entire - EL | 2,369 b1
(± 93) |
856 b (± 28.3) |
5945 a (± 34.5) |
2,227 b (± 92) |
4,382 a (± 496) |
7,377 a (± 299) |
7,413 a (± 435) |
1,459 a (± 148) |
7.7 a (± 0.9) |
73.6 a (± 1.6) |
| Pinnatifid - PL | 2,802 a (± 68) |
1,095 a (± 52) |
747 a (± 25.5) | 2,413 a (± 84) |
2,659 b (± 114) |
5,993 b (± 322) |
5,773 b (± 294) |
1,004 b (± 46) |
8.5 a (± 0.5) |
88.0 a (± 4.8) |
| Significance2 | * | *** | ns | * | ** | ** | ** | ** | ns | ns |
1 Means (± standard error) in columns not sharing the same letters are significantly different according to the LSD test.
2 Significance: ***, **, and *, respectively, for p ≤ 0.001, p ≤ 0.01, and p ≤ 0.05; ns, not significant.