Table 4. Analysis of Variance from Analyzing Residuals from Region-Specific Relationships (log(Chla)–log(TN) Relationship in Figure 11C) vs. log(TP) with an Intercept Specific to the Coastal Ecosystem, i.e., Residual = αecosystem + β × log(TP)a.
TP-dependent slope |
ecosystem-specific intercept |
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region | dferror | β | F | p | dfecosystem | F | p |
Chesapeake Bay | 141 | –0.30 | 4.13 | 0.0440 | 7 | 5.36 | <0.0001 |
Denmark coast | 245 | –0.07 | 2.32 | 0.1289 | 10 | 24.07 | <0.0001 |
Tampa Bay | 99 | 0.24 | 13.46 | 0.0004 | 4 | 17.42 | <0.0001 |
Wadden Sea | 184 | –0.21 | 10.45 | 0.0015 | 7 | 31.14 | <0.0001 |
Residuals were weighted by the inverse variance of the annual Chla means.