Table 3. Statistical results of comparison tests for Microzooplankton (Microprotozooplankton and Micrometazooplankton) concentration differences between treatments on two factors (Temperature x Zooplankton community [Zoo. Comm.]), for Pre-bloom, bloom and Post-bloom periods.
Bold values indicate significant tests (p-values < 0.05).
Pre-bloom |
Bloom |
Post-bloom |
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Factor | Test | df | Test value | p-value | Test | df | Test value | p-value | Test | df | Test value | p-value | |
Microprotozoo. | Temperature | RM-ANOVA | 25 | 26.48 | <0.0001 | RM-ANOVA | 18 | 52.92 | <0.0001 | Kruskall-Wallis | 1 | 0.14 | 0.7062 |
Zoo. Comm. | 0.00134 | 0.9711 | 20.15 | 0.0003 | 18.15 | <0.0001 | |||||||
Interact | 6.08 | 0.0209 | 22.46 | 0.0002 | NA | NA | |||||||
Micrometazoo. | Temperature | RM-ANOVA | 25 | 5.41 | 0.0285 | RM-ANOVA | 18 | 1.86 | 0.1897 | RM-ANOVA | 46 | 0.2 | 0.6567 |
Zoo. Comm. | 4.79 | 0.0382 | 13.93 | 0.0015 | 0.12 | 0.7294 | |||||||
Interact | 0.47 | 0.5003 | 2.85 | 0.1085 | 1.09 | 0.3019 |