Table 1. General linear model results for zooplankton grazing, production and community composition in water and sediment traps, and linear mixed model for biomarkers.
Dependent variables | RF variance | factors | Value ± S.E. | F or t | df | p | |
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Community • water |
copepods gastropods polychaetes |
treatment | 5.2 1.7 3.0 |
1,59 1,59 1,59 |
= .026 NS = .088 |
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• sediment traps |
*calanoid copepods polychaetes gastropods lamellibranchia |
treatment | 7.6 .03 .23 .16 |
1,29 1,29 1,29 1,29 |
< .01 NS NS NS |
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Production | offspring | 4.7 | 1,59 | = .034 | |||
Biomarkers | LPX CAT GST protein |
0.03 5741 2.6x10-16 .0 |
salinity time period salinity time period salinity time period salinity time period |
15.8±7.8 4.3±2.2 314.9±579.4 596.4±172.5 0.4±0.3 -.09±.08 -8.8±3.5 1.5±0.97 |
2.014 1.925 .29 11.9 68 68 -2.5 1.6 |
73.9 72.4 46.2 46.7 1.4 -1.2 75 75 |
.0477 .0581 NS .00117 NS NS .0133 NS |
Grazing | Dinoflag (CR) (IR) chl a ciliates (CR) (IR) |
D19 D19 D19 D9, D19 D9, D19 |
14.5 28.9 4.3 10.9 |
1,6 1,6 1,12 1,6 |
= .019 = .006 NS = .06 = .09 |
*other analysed copepod taxa were not significant (Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida, Copepodites)