Table 2.
Experimental variables |
Responses |
Predicted Responses |
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Run | Pattern | X1 (Medium) | X2 (Salinity) | X3 (Day) | X4 (Solvent) | Chl a μg·mL−1 | T-Car μg·mL−1 | Chl a μg·mL−1 | T-Car μg·mL−1 |
1 | ++−+ | 3 | 55 | 1 | 3 | 0.381 | 0.114 | 0.458 | 0.168 |
2 | 00a0 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 0.458 | 0.139 | 0.546 | 0.205 |
3 | +++− | 3 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 0.734 | 0.232 | 0.760 | 0.218 |
4 | −−−− | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0.391 | 0.098 | 0.407 | 0.125 |
5 | 000A | 2 | 40 | 3.5 | 3 | 0.631 | 0.225 | 0.686 | 0.208 |
6 | +−−− | 3 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0.559 | 0.054 | 0.483 | 0.018 |
7 | 0a00 | 2 | 25 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.444 | 0.144 | 0.573 | 0.201 |
8 | +−−+ | 3 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0.507 | 0.154 | 0.461 | 0.102 |
9 | A000 | 3 | 40 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.631 | 0.229 | 0.626 | 0.246 |
10 | a000 | 1 | 40 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.737 | 0.266 | 0.743 | 0.242 |
11 | 00A0 | 2 | 40 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.918 | 0.347 | 0.831 | 0.275 |
12 | −−−+ | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0.570 | 0.156 | 0.567 | 0.153 |
13 | −+−+ | 1 | 55 | 1 | 3 | 0.633 | 0.191 | 0.534 | 0.166 |
14 | −−+− | 1 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0.832 | 0.279 | 0.779 | 0.209 |
15 | 000a | 2 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0.713 | 0.180 | 0.658 | 0.191 |
16 | −++− | 1 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 0.866 | 0.088 | 0.888 | 0.158 |
17 | +−+− | 3 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0.546 | 0.173 | 0.621 | 0.216 |
18 | ++++ | 3 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 0.696 | 0.233 | 0.655 | 0.224 |
19 | 0A00 | 2 | 55 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.754 | 0.271 | 0.626 | 0.208 |
20 | +−++ | 3 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0.546 | 0.173 | 0.531 | 0.179 |
21 | −+−− | 1 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 0.349 | 0.118 | 0.388 | 0.095 |
22 | ++−− | 3 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 0.490 | 0.050 | 0.494 | 0.041 |
23 | −+++ | 1 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 0.866 | 0.088 | 0.965 | 0.107 |
24 | 0000 | 2 | 40 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.678 | 0.240 | 0.676 | 0.248 |
25 | 0000 | 2 | 40 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.678 | 0.240 | 0.676 | 0.249 |
26 | −−++ | 1 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0.900 | 0.089 | 0.872 | 0.116 |
27 | *Control | 1 | 35 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.687 | 0.243 | 0.253 | 0.217 |
28 | **OT | 2 | 40 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.891 | 0.369 | 0.856 | 0.321 |
Chl a = Chlorophyll a. T-Car = Total carotenoids.
Media: (1) F/2 = 0.88 mol·L-1, (2) F/4 = 0.44 mol·L-1, (3) F/8 = 0.22 mol·L-1 of nitrogen concentration. Salinity = PSU (Practical salinity Unity [g/kg]). Solvent: (1) Acetone, (2) methanol, (3) ethanol. g
Control: 0.88 mol·L-1 of nitrogen; 35 PSU, measured at the end of the exponential phase and extracted with methanol.
OT (Optimized treatment): 0.44 mol·L-1 of nitrogen; 40 PSU, 3.5 and extracted with methanol.