Table 2.

Coefficients (+s.d.) from a multiple linear regression predicting spatial turnover (=beta-diversity) among random lake pairs in southeast Norway. (Coefficients and standard deviation were estimated from 1000 bootstrap replications. Significance levels refer to the probability of a coefficient being either positive or negative. r² = 0.39. Data from southeast Norway. Note the limited temporal (July–September 1988) and spatial extension (median and maximum distance 84 and 225 km) of this subset.)

intercept	average L-TP ln(µg l−1)	delta L-TP ln(µg l−1)	spatial distance sqrt (km)	time interval sqrt (days)
0.28 (0.04)	0.080 (0.012)	0.093 (0.009)	0.007 (0.001)	0.001 (0.002)
p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p = 0.058	p = 0.24