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CHAPTER II<br />
compared to the control (Table 2). For the pooled group an ANOVA proved<br />
insignificant (Figure 3E+F, Table 3) for the treatments as well as their interaction. At<br />
species level the athecate din<strong>of</strong>lagellates ‘intermediate’ revealed significantly lower cell<br />
numbers in the siphoned treatment (F 1,8 = 8.2718, p = 0.02, Table 3) as compared to the<br />
FTT. No impact <strong>of</strong> the pre-screening process or the combination <strong>of</strong> treatment <strong>and</strong> prescreening<br />
on the other din<strong>of</strong>lagellates could be found. As in Experiment 1, no<br />
differences were found for the Margalef index ‘d’ calculated for the whole community<br />
(data not shown) or when considering only the five most abundant groups (Table 3,<br />
Figure 3 G+H).<br />
Comparison <strong>of</strong> Treatments<br />
Siphoned Screening Screening x Treatment<br />
Mean values - Loss in<br />
comparison to FTT<br />
p<br />
Mean values - Loss in<br />
comparison to No<br />
Screening<br />
p - p<br />
Ciliates<br />
Lohmanniella oviformis a 16.9% 0.006 12.6% 0.026 n.s.<br />
Strombidium cf. tressum a 11.6% n.s. 50.7% 0.00007 0.035 a<br />
Strombidium cf. epidemum a 3.1% n.s. 9.7% n.s. n.s.<br />
Balanion comatum a 10.3% n.s. 2.8% n.s. n.s.<br />
Myrionecta rubra 'small' a 9.2% n.s. -11.8% n.s. n.s.<br />
Sum 5 most abundant ciliates 11.4% 0.032 17.4% 0.0036 n.s.<br />
Din<strong>of</strong>lagellates<br />
Athecate din<strong>of</strong>lagellates 'intermediate' a 17.6% 0.021 -2.7% n.s. n.s.<br />
Gyrodinium sp. 'intermediate' a 14.6% n.s. 19.7% n.s. n.s.<br />
Protoperidinium bipes a -17.9% n.s. -17.9% n.s. n.s.<br />
Torodinium sp. a -15.2% n.s. 2.8% n.s. n.s.<br />
Sum 4 most abundant din<strong>of</strong>lagellates 11.0% n.s. 0.0% n.s. n.s.<br />
Chlorophyll a 7.2% 0.0025 b 2.6% n.s. 0.027 b<br />
Margalef diversity (d)<br />
Sum 5 most abundant ciliates -1.4% 0.026 -2.3% 0.002 n.s.<br />
Sum 4 most abundant din<strong>of</strong>lagellates -1.5% n.s. 0.002% n.s. n.s.<br />
Table 3: Percentage <strong>of</strong> loss in abundance <strong>of</strong> the most abundant ciliate <strong>and</strong> din<strong>of</strong>lagellate species,<br />
chlorophyll a contents <strong>and</strong> Margalef index ‘d’ due to siphoning in comparison to the FTT <strong>and</strong> prescreening<br />
in comparison to no pre-screening <strong>and</strong> effects <strong>of</strong> the combination between pre-screening <strong>and</strong><br />
treatment during Experiment 2 (1. April 2008). P-values derived from ANOVA comparing all treatments<br />
(n = 6). n.s. = not significant (p > 0.05). a significantly lower abundance in the FTT with pre-screening<br />
treatments. b significantly higher content in the FTT with pre-screening treatments.<br />
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