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