Table 1 Results of two-way ANOVA based on mean raw data of temperature, pH, salinity, DO and log transformed data of Chlorophyll a concentration between locations, within seasons, and their interaction at α ≤ 0.05
Parameters | Source | SS | df | MS | F-ratio | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Temperature | Location | 16.965 | 1 | 16.965 | 3.595 | 0.154 |
Season | 219.126 | 3 | 73.042 | 15.479 | 0.025 | |
Location*Season | 14.156 | 3 | 4.719 | 0.080 | 0.968 | |
pH | Location | 0.011 | 1 | 0.011 | 0.659 | 0.476 |
Season | 0.065 | 3 | 0.022 | 1.366 | 0.402 | |
Location*Season | 0.048 | 3 | 0.016 | 0.841 | 0.538 | |
Salinity (‰) | Location | 240.901 | 1 | 240.901 | 69.001 | 0.004 |
Season | 7.804 | 3 | 2.601 | 0.745 | 0.593 | |
Location*Season | 10.474 | 3 | 3.491 | 0.056 | 0.980 | |
DO (mg/l) | Location | 0.594 | 1 | 0.594 | 1.038 | 0.383 |
Season | 35.708 | 3 | 11.903 | 20.789 | 0.016 | |
Location*Season | 1.718 | 3 | 0.573 | 0.063 | 0.977 | |
Chlorophyll a (µg/l) | Location | 12.62 | 1 | 12.62 | 48.90 | 0.020 |
Season | 4.74 | 3 | 1.58 | 6.12 | 0.144 | |
Location*Season | 10.01 | 3 | 3.34 | 2.43 | 0.242 |