Table 2.

Elemental stoichiometry in five constant and variable temperature treatments at two P concentrations (10 and 0.2 μmol/L) in summer and winter experiments.

	P-replete			P-limited
“Winter” treatment	C: N	C: P	N: P	C: N	C: P	N: P
Average constant 22°C	6.70 ± 0.59	106.48 ± 1.98	15.86 ± 0.51	6.98 ± 0.81	350.91 ± 65.80	46.30 ± 13.85
Average 22 ± 2°C	7.40 ± 0.47	126.09 ± 10.91	17.04 ± 1.34	8.09 ± 0.57	342.08 ± 28.75	42.12 ± 4.15
Average 22 ± 4°C	7.18 ± 0.44	125.90 ± 4.91∗	18.73 ± 0.55∗	7.66 ± 0.36	342.09 ± 21.96	44.59 ± 1.53
“Summer” treatment	C: N	C: P	N: P	C: N	C: P	N: P
Average constant 30°C	6.76 ± 0.66	116.99 ± 15.87	18.02 ± 1.20	7.35 ± 0.58	317.66 ± 15.73	42.94 ± 1.01
Average 30 ± 2°C	6.30 ± 0.55	115.94 ± 5.26	18.44 ± 0.71	7.10 ± 1.02	324.26 ± 21.96	45.15 ± 1.53

The values in the table are the average values of triplicates ± standard deviations. The asterisks show the significant differences between the variable temperature treatment and the corresponding constant temperature treatment.