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. 2011 Oct 17;11:303. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-303

Table 1.

ANOVA results of the photo-physiological responses

two-factorial ANOVA one-factorial ANOVA
source destination SNK (destination) source SNK (source)
Symbiont densities and reticulation
Symbiont density n.s. p < 0.0004 F(2,28) = 10.67 U > B = D* p < 0.002 F(2,15) = 9.7918 D > B = U
Reticulation n.s. p < 0.001 F(2,28) = 9.01 U < B = D p < 0.009 F(2,15) = 6.64 B > D = U
Pigments
Chlorophyll a/cell n.s. n.s. p < 0.002 F(2,15) = 9.8706 D < B = U
Areal chlorophyll n.s. p < 0.0004 F(2,28) = 10.13 U > B = D* n.s.
Dark-adapted XDE n.s. p < 0.005 F(2,28) = 6.65 D < B = U p < 0.022 F(2,15) = 5.0157 D < B = U
Chlorophyll c : a n.s. n.s. n.s.
Xantophyll: Chlorophyll a n.s. n.s. n.s.
ß-Carotene: Chlorophyll n.s. p < 0.008 F(2,28) = 5.86 D < U =(<) B n.s.
Photosynthesis Photosynthesis
Oxygen evolution per cell n.s. n.s. p < 0.0023 F(2,14) = 9.7749 D < B = U*
Net Photosynthesis (P) n.s. p < 0.000006 F(2,28) = 25.73 U > B = D n.s.
Gross P: R over 24 h# n.s. p < 0.0001 F(2,28) = 13.05 B < U = D n.s.
Blue: full light n.s. n.s. n.s.

SNK = Student-Newman-Keuls test; XDE = Xanthophyll de-epoxidation; #full light for destination DE; * ANOVA assumptions not met, but p << 0.01

The two-factorial analyses test for source and destination effects of transplanted fragments originating from the 'Back Reef' (B) and 'Upper Slope' (U) habitats (note that source effects were never significant). The one-factorial analyses test for source effects of fragments originating from the 'Back Reef' (B), 'Upper Slope' (U) and 'Deep Slope' (D) habitats transplanted to the 'Deep Slope' habitat.