Table 3.
Nutrient content (×10-4 μmol per spore) |
Stoichiometry (molar) |
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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).