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Table 5.4 Inter-relationship between phytoplankton cell carbon and salinity
Species Correlation coefcient ( r ) between phytoplankton cell p value

carbon and salinity

A B C A B C

Coscinodiscus excentricus

− 0.9673 − 0.9088 − 0.6294

<0.01 <0.01 <0.01

Coscinodiscus jonesianus 0.5355 0.5821 0.5055 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01

− − −

Coscinodiscus lineatus − 0.6674 − 0.6504 − 0.6250 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01

Coscinodiscus radiatus 0.6718 0.5723 0.6274 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01

− − −

Coscinodiscus gigas 0.0654 0.1021 0.0790 IS IS IS

−

Coscinodiscus oculus-iridis 0.7708 0.7077 0.7550 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01

− − −

Planktoniella sol 0.8030 0.8463 0.7965 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01

− − −

Cyclotella striata − 0.3647 − 0.3334 − 0.3611 IS IS IS

Thalassiosira subtilis 0.2364 0.2766 0.2103 IS IS IS

− − −

Ceratium tripos − 0.1692 − 0.1171 − 0.1924 IS IS IS

Skeletonema costatum 0.1591 0.0072 0.0927 IS IS IS

− − −

Paralia sulcata 0.3471 0.3547 0.3450 IS IS IS

− − −

Rhizosolenia crassispina − 0.0707 − 0.4175 − 0.3827 IS IS IS

Rhizosolenia setigera 0.4142 0.3765 0.3360 IS IS IS

− − −

Rhizosolenia alata − 0.3186 0.0466 − 0.2770 IS IS IS

Ceratium teres 0.1247 0.2556 0.1973 IS IS IS

− − −

Ceratium trichoceros 0.3453 0.1612 0.2761 IS IS IS

− − −

Bacteriastrum delicatulum

− 0.2859 − 0.3076 − 0.2709

IS IS IS

Bacteriastrum varians 0.1518 0.0903 0.1061 IS IS IS

−

Bacteriastrum comosum − 0.2296 − 0.2015 − 0.2596 IS IS IS

Chaetoceros didymus 0.3033 0.3837 0.3691 IS IS IS

− − −

Chaetoceros peruvianus − 0.3026 − 0.2977 − 0.3872 IS IS IS

Chaetoceros compressus

− 0.2859 − 0.1558 − 0.3836

IS IS IS

Ditylum sol 0.0872 0.0748 0.0623 IS IS IS

− − −

Triceratium favus − 0.3937 − 0.0605 − 0.3720 IS IS IS

Triceratium reticulatum 0.4089 0.1785 0.3317 IS IS IS

− − −

Biddulphia sinensis − 0.3512 − 0.0733 − 0.3595 IS IS IS

Biddulphia mobiliensis 0.1966 0.1630 0.0486 IS IS IS

− − −

Hemidiscus hardmanninus 0.3699 0.3786 0.3962 IS IS IS

− −

Climacosphenia elongate − 0.3814 − 0.3488 − 0.3487 IS IS IS

Fragilaria oceanica 0.6087 0.6917 0.6494 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01

Rhaphoneis amphiceros − 0.3125 0.0127 − 0.4025 IS IS IS

Thalassionema nitzschioides 0.3351 0.1317 0.3896 IS IS IS

− − −

Thalassiothrix longissima 0.1337 0.2601 0.3458 IS IS IS

− −

Thalassiothrix frauenfeldii

− 0.3426 − 0.2797 − 0.3882

IS IS IS

Asterionella japonica 0.2804 0.3653 0.3392 IS IS IS

− − −

Ceratium extensum 0.0439 0.3595 − 0.3795 IS IS IS

Gyrosigma balticum 0.3085 0.3851 0.3732 IS IS IS

− − −

Pleurosigma normanii − 0.2107 − 0.2793 − 0.2186 IS IS IS

Pleurosigma elongatum 0.2648 0.2591 0.2329 IS IS IS

− − −

Diploneis smithii 0.0587 0.3192 0.2034 IS IS IS

(continued)

− − −