Table 2 Results of the BIOENV and BVSTEP analyses.
n | ρ | P | k | Environmental variables | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BIOENV | 9 | 0.542 | 0.01 | 1 | S |
BVSTEP | 9 | 0.520 | 0.01 | 3 | S - [ |
] - VLP3- The table shows the combination of the best environmental variables that predict the patterns of picophytoplankton abundances along the salinity gradient. n: number of abiotic variables used in the analysis: ρ Spearman rank correlation coefficient; P: significance levels; k: number of corresponding significant environmental variables. Significant contributing environmental variables were ordered according to the degree of match. "S": salinity; "VLP3": abundances of viral population VLP3 potentially infecting phytoplankton; [
]: ammonium concentrations.