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Table 3

Relationships (values of Pearson correlation coefficient, r) between components of periphytic food web in lakes of different macrophyte community types.

	Chlo	Dia	Cya	Bac	Fla	Cil	Rot	Cla	Cop	Chir
Strat_lake
Chlo	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.54^*	ns	ns	ns	−0.59^**
Dia	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.38^{^*}	−0.34^*	ns	ns	−0.83^**
Cya	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.57^**	ns	ns	ns	ns
Bac	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	−0.92^**	−0.54^*	ns	ns
Fla	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.67^**	ns	ns	ns
Cil	0.54^*	0.38^*	0.57^**	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Rot	ns	−0.34^*	ns	−0.92^**	0.67^**	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.90^**
Cla	ns	ns	ns	−0.54^*	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.66^**
Cop	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Chir	−0.59^**	−0.83^**	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.90^**	0.66^**	ns	ns
Cer_lakes
Chlo	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.54^*	ns	ns	ns	ns
Dia	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Cya	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.58^**	ns	ns	ns	−0.54^**
Bac	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Fla	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.66^**	0.47^**	0.50^**	ns
Cil	0.54^*	ns	0.58^**	ns	ns	ns	−0.65^**	−0.62^**	−0.60^**	ns
Rot	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.66^**	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Cla	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.47^**	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.60^**
Cop	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.50^**	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.65^*
Chir	ns	ns	−0.54^**	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.60^**	0.65^*	ns
Pot_lakes
Chlo	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.51^*	ns	ns	0.54^**
Dia	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.55^*	ns	ns	0.56^**
Cya	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.53^*	ns	ns	−0.62^**
Bac	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.60^**	−0.44^*	ns	ns	ns	ns
Fla	ns	ns	ns	0.60^**	ns	−0.35^*	ns	ns	ns	ns
Cil	ns	ns	ns	−0.44^*	−0.35^*	ns	ns	ns	ns	−0.63^**
Rot	0.51^*	0.55^*	0.53^*	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Cla	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Cop	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Chir	0.54^**	0.56^**	−0.62^**	ns	ns	−0.63^**	ns	ns	ns	ns

n = 18 per lake (total n = 90); ns p > 0.05; *0.05 < p < 0.01; **0.01 < p < 0.001; Chlo-chlorophytes, Dia-diatyoms, Cya-cyanophytes, Bac-bacteria, Fla-flagellates, Cil-ciliates, Rot-rotifers, Cla-cladocerans, Cop-copepods, chir-chironomids.

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