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. 2014 Nov 18;9(11):e113123. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113123

Table 2. Nutrient limitation classifications (N.L.C.) and ambiguity of classification for total phytoplankton biomass and specific algal taxa (Andersen et al. 2005).

Group N.L.C. Null XN N1 XP P1 XC C1
Total C1 0 0 22.5 0 3.3 1.1 73.1
phytoplankton (N1) (0) (0) (93.3) (0) (0.2) (0.2) (6.3)
Diatoms P1 0 0 1.3 0 51.4 1.6 45.7
(XC) (0) (0) (20.0) (0) (9.9) (45.5) (24.6)
Cryptophytes N1 0 0 54.2 0 18.7 11.5 15.6
(N1) (0) (0) (64.2) (0) (5.2) (25.3) (5.3)
Chlorophytes C1 0 0 31.9 0 0 8.5 59.6
(N1) (0) (0) (9.7) (0) (3.2) (7.9) (79.2)
Cyanobacteria N1 0 0 38.4 0 30.6 12.1 18.9
(N1) (0) (0) (40.5) (0) (29.5) (9.5) (20.5)
Microcystis sp. P1 0 0 1.4 0 87.7 0.3 10.6
(P1) (0) (12.0) (2.8) (0) (69.1) (0.5) (15.6)
Anabaena spp. 7.8 35.7 18.1 11.5 28.0 1.5 13.7
(–) (11.3) (64.0) (7.7) (0) (5.7) (9.2) (2.1)

Total phytoplankton biomass as spectrophotometric Chl a. Ambiguity of the classification of the nutrient limitation status is shown by the frequency (%) of different classifications from 1000 bootstrapped data sets. Values in parentheses are results excluding data from the period following the 27 July 2013 rain event. A – indicates that the null model was chosen in greater than 5% of boot-strapped cases.