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. 2015 Dec 23;10(12):e0145475. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145475

Table 5. Pigments content and their ratios of two Hymenophyllaceae with contrasting vertical distribution on the host tree trunk in a temperate rainforest of Southern Chile.

Values are shown as mean ± SE (n = 3).

	H. cruentum	H. dentatum
Chlorophyll a (nmol g^-1 FW)	2,541 ± 241	1,403 ± 278^*
Chlorophyll b (nmol g^-1 FW)	1014 ± 101	541 ± 123^*
Total chlorophyll (nmol g^-1 FW)	3,555 ± 343	1,943 ± 401^*
Chlorophyll a:b ratio	2.51 ± 0.01	2.63 ± 0.07^ns
α-carotene (nmol g^-1 FW)	115 ± 16	6 ± 2^*
β-carotene (nmol g^-1 FW)	96 ± 10	90 ± 21^ns
Neoxanthin (nmol g^-1 FW)	185 ± 15	99 ± 23^*
Neo/β-car	1.94 ± 0.04	1.11 ± 0.06^**

Levels of significance: ns, not significant;

*, P <0.05;

**, P <0.001.