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. 2018 May 29;40(4):391–406. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fby018

Table II:

Summary of microscopic counts of diatom species for Groups II and III. Mean abundances represent the average of the duplicates on the specific experiment day ±standard deviation.

Experiment day 1 11 16 17 19 31 44
Group II (mean abundance ± SD)
Chaetoceros sp ~5 μm
  Control 6 ± 5 39 ± 18 37 ± 23 37 ± 18 8 ± 5 5 ± 1
  High CO2 4 ± 3 28 ± 3 16 ± 1 28 ± 11 11 ± 9
  Greenhouse 5 ± 4 25 ± 18 15 ± 5 14 ± 1 2 ± 1
Skeletonema costatum
  Control 2 ± 1 67 ± 30 1032 ± 1013 5686 ± 1727 2245 ± 1282 3989 ± 1474 682 ± 453
  High CO2 1 ± 0.5 106 ± 22 1487 ± 60 2430 ± 309 3019 ± 2659 1929 ± 357 25 ± 1
  Greenhouse 1 ± 0.5 349 ± 109 2393 ± 670 3456 ± 2410 2833 ± 511 516 ± 124
Group III (mean abundance ± SD)
Chaetoceros sp > 20 μm
  Control 62 ± 9 94 ± 27 73 ± 23 106 ± 29 66 ± 14
  High CO2 10 ± 7 57 ± 15 72 ± 11 107 ± 16 72 ± 51 34 ± 19
  Greenhouse 19 ± 1 115 ± 15 95 ± 23 74 ± 21 35 ± 11
Thalassiosira sp
  Control 28 ± 3 305 ± 156 730 ± 50 657 ± 153 695 ± 56 383 ± 89
  High CO2 42 ± 4 440 ± 41 960 ± 23 784 ± 149 655 ± 357 398 ± 69
  Greenhouse 1 ± 1 119 ± 38 1054 ± 80 1022 ± 257 1061 ± 283 1116 ± 357 174 ± 101
Thalassionema nitzschioides
  Control 3 ± 1 12 ± 9 12 ± 1 23 ± 7 25 ± 5
  High CO2 18 ± 8 18 ± 2 13 ± 1 5 ± 2
  Greenhouse 7 ± 4 45 ± 20 37 ± 5 41 ± 22 33 ± 17
Nitzschia longissima
  Control 6 ± 1 15 ± 4 28 ± 5 18 ± 1 24 ± 4 34 ± 18
  High CO2 4 ± 1 23 ± 2 31 ± 3 23 ± 6 37 ± 10 27 ± 9
  Greenhouse 44 ± 4 271 ± 98 289 ± 23 393 335 ± 27 148 ± 141
Navicula transitans
  Control 3 ± 1 15 ± 3 26 ± 17 49 ± 3 73 ± 11 22 ± 2
  High CO2 7 ± 4 13 ± 11 39 ± 20 55 ± 28 85 ± 21 6 ± 3
  Greenhouse 11 ± 2 26 ± 8 32 ± 3 38 ± 16 24 ± 6
Fragilaria sp
  Control 4 ± 3 38 ± 27 71 ± 20 57 ± 5 57 ± 6 18 ± 9
  High CO2 15 ± 11 43 ± 36 47 ± 17 17 ± 15 1 ± 1
  Greenhouse 13 ± 7 42 ± 23 33 ± 3 38 ± 28 23 ± 6
Guinardia sp
  Control 2 ± 1 94 ± 18 179 ± 63 203 ± 116 277 ± 71 318 ± 133
  High CO2 6 ± 4 145 ± 69 421 ± 186 69 ± 49 868 ± 90 324 ± 74
  Greenhouse 12 ± 1 140 ± 35 178 ± 6 115 ± 81 105 ± 51 4 ± 1