. 2012 Aug 8;7(8):e38245. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038245

Table 4. Mean parameters of the RLC in U. prolifera and U. intestinalis under different culture treatments: pre-bloom, bloom, and post-bloom.

Treatment	rETRmax		α		Ek
Species	short-term	long-term	short-term	long-term	short-term	long-term
*pre-bloom*
U. prolifera	6.43^b ±1.02	14.06^b ±1.96	0.11^ab	0.20^a	59^a	70^b
U. intestinalis	1.90^e ±0.68	3.19^d ±0.39	0.05^c	0.19^a	37^c	17^d
*Bloom*
U. prolifera	8.75^a ±0.76	19.75^a ±3.17	0.20^a	0.23^a	44^b	85^a
U. intestinalis	4.70^d ±0.54	7.25^c ±1.19	0.08^b	0.10^b	57^a	70^b
*post-bloom*
U. prolifera	5.68^c ±0.58	13.62^b ±1.91	0.19^a	0.21^a	30^d	65^b
U. intestinalis	5.04^cd ±0.54	4.06^d ±0.74	0.10^ab	0.11^b	52^ab	36^c

Samples were collected after short-term (24 h and long-term (7 d) culture. Different superscripts indicate significantly different values (P<0.05) as determined by post-hoc comparisons.