Table 2.
GLM analysis of the relationships between lake nutrient concentrations and ratios and corresponding explanatory variables (n = 46)
Variables | TN concentration | TP concentration | TN/TP mass ratio | |||
SE × 10−3 | RI, % | SE × 10−3 | RI, % | SE | RI, % | |
Municipal wastewater | 2.1 | 47.7 | 1.5 | 13.3 | 2.2 | 39.0 |
Rural wastewater | 0.4 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 23.3 | 2.4 | 15.4 |
Crop farming | 0.2 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 13.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
Livestock farming | 0.5 | 26.3 | 0.3 | 35.4 | 6.7 | 14.2 |
Aquaculture | 5.2 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 5.3 | 6.9 | 9.6 |
Precipitation | 0.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.64 | 4.9 |
Temperature | 20.1 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 14.3 |
RI, relative importance explained by the variable.