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. 2010 Sep 13;5(9):e12685. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012685

Table 3. The effects of time of sampling (morning vs. afternoon) and treatment factors (light vs shade) on water chemistry in the laboratory experiment.

pH DO ALK DIC DOC Si SRP
df F p F p df F p F p F p F p F p
Irradiance 1 66.2 <0.0001 703 <0.0001 1 29.7 <0.0001 38.4 <0.0001 0.418 0.5251 2.81 0.1092 0.056 0.8151
Time 1 40.5 <0.0001 162 <0.0001 1 14.8 0.0010 16.5 0.0006 0.639 0.4336 0.477 0.4979 2.41 0.1360
Irradiance:Time 1 19.2 <0.0001 88.8 <0.0001 1 2.44 0.1337 3.49 0.0765 0.009 0.9252 11.2 0.0033 0.017 0.8966
Residuals 109 20

pH, dissolved oxygen saturation (DO, %), alkalinity (ALK, µEq/kg), concentrations of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC, µM), dissolved organic carbon (DOC, mg L−1) silicic acid (Si, µM) and soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP, µM) in the treatment units. Results of linear mixed-effects models comparing controls only (no algal water added; treatment  =  light versus shade).