Table 3.

Zoospore nutrient content and stoichiometry (mean ± SE).

	Nutrient content (×10-4 μmol per spore)			Stoichiometry (molar)
Treatment	C	N	P	C:P	C:N	N:P
Low N:P	10.71 ± 0.77a	2.41 ± 0.18a	0.19 ± 0.01a	57.8 ± 0.7a	4.4 ± 0.0a	13.0 ± 0.2a
Control	5.27 ± 0.55b	1.11 ± 0.11b	0.09 ± 0.01b	59.9 ± 1.7a	4.7 ± 0.0b	12.6 ± 0.4a
High N:P	2.63 ± 0.49c	0.45 ± 0.08c	0.02 ± 0.00c	149.9 ± 6.5b	5.8 ± 0.1c	25.9 ± 1.0b

Superscript letters denote significant differences between nutrient treatments based on One-way ANOVA and post hoc comparison of the means (α < 0.05).