Table 1.

Summary of the equation parameters for the effect of the temperature (1/kT) on BP and on GB (µgC ml⁻¹ h⁻¹, prior to Ln transformation) in space-for-time measurements and perturbation experiments. Ln (PB) or Ln (GB) = a − b (1/kT); (n.s., not significant; c.i., 95% CI; CL, confidence level). References: (1), Vaqué et al. (1994) and references therein, Vaqué et al. (2002, 2001, 2008), Vázquez-Domínguez et al. (2005), Unrein et al. (2007), Boras et al. (2009); (2), J. M. Gasol (1998 unpublished data); (3), Pedrós-Alió et al. (2002); (4), Vaqué et al. (2009).

		a	b	[c.i.]	critical CL of the [c.i.]	p-value	n	r2	references
space-for-time measurements	BP	17.413	0.667	[0.569–0.765]	<70%	F1,189 = 50.1, p < 0.0001	190	0.21	(1)
	GB	9.770	0.456	[0.329–0.584]a	95%a	F1,127 = 50.0, p < 0.0001	128	0.28	(1)
perturbation experiments	BP	7.204	0.385	[0.116–0.653]	95%	F1,11 = 10.2, p < 0.001	12	0.50	(2)
		26.034	0.823	[0.594–1.053]	<70%	F1,5 = 18.2, p < 0.01	6	0.82	(2)
		1.762	0.256			n.s.	7		(2)
		7.904	0.387	[0.060–0.714]	99%	F1,5 = 29.6, p < 0.001	6	0.88	(2)
		10.149	0.419			n.s.	6		(2)
		1.683	0.213			n.s.	8		(2)
		22.095	0.766	[0.595–0.936]	<70%	F1,5 = 28.5, p < 0.001	6	0.88	(3)
		43.281	1.274	[0.175–2.724]a	95%a	F1,4 = 7.8, p < 0.05	5	0.72	(3)
		0.056	0.241			n.s.	6		(3)
		22.474	0.799	[0.575–1.023]	<70%	F1,4 = 19.9, p < 0.01	5	0.87	(3)
		−10.969	0.008			n.s.	5		(3)
		9.804	0.483	[0.289–0.676]	<70%	F1,5 = 8.8, p < 0.01	6	0.69	(3)
		6.681	0.411			n.s.	6		(3)
	average of significant	19.828	0.702
	GB	−7.344	0.040			n.s.	5		(4)
		19.803	0.672	[0.343–1.000]	<70%	F1,4 = 6.5, p < 0.05	5	0.68	(4)
		28.403	0.898	[0.600–1.196]	<70%	F1,4 = 14.2, p < 0.01	5	0.82	(4)
		21.635	0.766			n.s.	5		(4)
		−4.555	0.107			n.s.	5		(4)
		29.258	0.925			n.s.	5		(4)
		20.813	0.728	[0.646–0.811]	<70%	F1,3 = 148.7, p < 0.001	4	0.99	(4)
		7.444	0.424			n.s.	5		(4)
	average of significant	23.006	0.766

^aTheoretical prediction slope values (0.65 for BP and 0.75 for GB) do not lie on the [c.i.] of the slopes for the field observations.