TABLE 6.
Individual FAMEs with highest loading values for the PC 1 and PC 2 scores of microcosm water column and leaf materiala
| Water column
|
Leaf material
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAME | PC 1 loading value | FAME | PC 2 loading value | FAME | PC 1 loading value | FAME | PC 2 loading value | |
| 20:0 | 0.621 | i-17:1 | 0.424 | 19:1 w8 | −0.695 | 20:5 w3c | 0.630 | |
| 24:0 | 0.613 | i-14:0 | 0.396 | 18:0 3OH | −0.494 | cy-19:0 | 0.590 | |
| 22:6 w3c | −0.590 | i-17:0 | 0.371 | 19:0 2OH | 0.434 | 22:6 w3c | 0.400 | |
| 20:4 w6c | −0.560 | 20:4 w6c | −0.350 | 20:1 w11 | 0.429 | i-17:0 | 0.290 | |
| 20:5 w3c | −0.520 | 16:1 w11c | 0.347 | a-21:0 | 0.419 | i-17:1 | 0.270 | |
| cy-17:0 | −0.520 | 17:1 w8c | 0.302 | 19:1 w11 | 0.402 | 17:0 3OH | 0.250 | |
| 22:0 | 0.448 | i-15:1 | 0.294 | cy-19:0 | 0.306 | a-17:0 | 0.230 | |
| 16:1 w11c | −0.440 | 24:0 | −0.270 | i-16:1 | 0.283 | i-16:1 | 0.220 | |
| 21:0 | 0.442 | 17:0 | 0.249 | cy-19:0 DMA | 0.253 | a-21:0 | −0.200 | |
| a-14:0 | 0.347 | 20:5 w3c | −0.220 | i-18:0 | 0.232 | 18:3 w6c | 0.140 | |
a
See Fig. 4 and the text for an illustration of PCA and an explanation of fatty acid nomenclature.