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. 2021 Oct 20;12:737454. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.737454

Table 2.

Results of two-way ANOVAs of the effects of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and pH and their interaction on growth rate, chlorophyll a (Chl a) and carotenoid contents, carotenoid: Chl ratio, rETRmax, light use efficiency (a), saturating light intensity (Ik), PIC, POC and PON contents, PIC/POC and POC/PON ratios, protein and carbohydrate contents, the percentages of protein–carbon to POC (Protein–C: POC), carbohydrate–carbon to POC (carbohydrate–C: POC), Chl–carbon to POC (Chl–C: POC) and carotenoid–carbon to POC (Carotenoid–C: POC), and the percentages of protein–nitrogen to PON (Protein–N: PON) and Chl–nitrogen to PON (Chl–N: PON).

DIC pH DIC×pH
F p F p F p
Growth rate 130.12 <0.01 210.44 <0.01 16.43 <0.01
Chl a 1199.04 <0.01 514.14 <0.01 23.02 <0.01
Carotenoid 1130.68 <0.01 787.43 <0.01 59.55 <0.01
Carotenoid: Chl ratio 0.61 =0.45 26.25 <0.01 108.56 <0.01
rETR max 71.93 <0.01 106.83 <0.01 1.26 =0.28
a 50.23 <0.01 32.12 <0.01 4.34 =0.06
I k 2.95 =0.11 20.32 <0.01 1.36 =0.27
PIC content 75.39 <0.01 413.59 <0.01 4.61 =0.05
POC content 79.64 <0.01 7.90 =0.02 117.30 <0.01
PON content 7.54 =0.02 0.01 =0.92 102.05 <0.01
PIC/POC ratio 2.96 =0.11 199.08 <0.01 14.09 <0.01
POC/PON ratio 9.92 <0.01 1.96 =0.19 0.56 =0.47
Protein content 200.44 <0.01 138.93 <0.01 339.12 <0.01
Carbohydrate content 248.18 <0.01 4.06 =0.07 26.01 <0.01
Protein–C: POC 2.06 =0.18 27.12 <0.01 6.12 =0.03
Carbohydrate–C: POC 34.24 <0.01 0.32 =0.58 12.58 <0.01
Chl–C: POC 51.64 <0.01 52.22 <0.01 104.76 <0.01
Carotenoid–C: POC 63.31 <0.01 106.40 <0.01 27.66 <0.01
Protein–N: PON 34.84 <0.01 50.75 <0.01 5.58 =0.04
Chl–N: PON 199.78 <0.01 121.14 <0.01 201.95 <0.01