Table 3. Parameters of the lines fitted to log10[APP abundance (cells ml-1)] vs. log10[chlorophyll a concentration (μg l-1)] relationships.
Ecosystem type | Data source | Intercept | Slope | ||||
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estimate | lower | upper | estimate | lower | upper | ||
bound of 95% confidence interval | bound of 95% confidence interval | ||||||
Freshwaters | Bell and Kalff (2001) | 4.16 | 0.74 | 0.52 | 0.96 | ||
Shallow lakes | present study | 4.50 | 4.31 | 4.69 | 1.11 | 0.95 | 1.27 |
Shallow lakes with TSS-Org≤50 mg l-1 | present study | 5.05 | 4.80 | 5.30 | 0.33 | 0.05 | 0.60 |
Shallow lakes with TSS-Org>50 mg l-1 | present study | 4.57 | 4.23 | 4.91 | 1.18 | 0.96 | 1.41 |