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The chart illustrates the inclusion/exclusion process of reviewing studies and the numbers of papers identified at each stage (n). The forward and backward reference search was conducted at the eligibility stage. The number of samples (k) are provided for the five key variables: temperature, pH, water type, H-type and salinity. An example of the temperatures and number of observations is also given.
