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. 2017 Mar 27;12(3):e0174316. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174316

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
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