Electronic Supplementary Material 1
Article title: Ecosystem-scale rates of primary production within wetland habitats of the northern San Francisco Estuary.
Journal name: Wetlands
Author names: Risa A. Cohen1, 2*, Frances P. Wilkerson2, Alexander E. Parker2 and Edward J. Carpenter2
Affiliation and email of corresponding author:
1Department of Biology
Georgia Southern University
PO Box 8042
Statesboro, GA 30460, USA
Email:
2Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies
San Francisco State University
3152 Paradise Dr.
Tiburon, CA 94920, USA
ESM 1. Statistics output
A. Two-factor ANOVA results for phytoplankton primary production.
df F p
Phytoplankton production
Site 5 199.65 <0.0001
Time 7 49.33 <0.0001
Site x Time 35 40.92 <0.0001
B. Kruskal Wallis with the Scheirer-Ray-Hare extension results for water column nutrients, and phytoplankton chlorophyll a concentration.
df H p
Nitrate (NO3-)
Site 5 62.58 <0.001
Time 7 35.08 <0.001
Site x Time 35 45.04 0.1<p<0.5 (n.s.)
Silicate (Si(OH)4)
Site 5 67.16 <0.001
Time 7 39.01 <0.001
Site x Time 35 36.49 0.1<p<0.5 (n.s.)
Orthophosphate (PO4-)
Site 5 75.80 <0.001
Time 7 15.80 0.025<p<0.05
Site x Time 35 48.06 0.05<p<0.1 (n.s.)
Ammonium (NH4+)
Site 5 32.02 <0.001
Time 7 31.44 <0.001
Site x Time 35 75.10 <0.001
Phytoplankton Chlorophyll a
Site 5 35.43 <0.001
Time 7 78.46 <0.001
Site x Time 35 97.34 <0.001
C. Nested ANOVA results for microphytobenthos production and chlorophyll a concentration, and low marsh vegetation production and chlorophyll a concentration.
df F p
Microphytobenthos
Production
Site 5 33.62 <0.0001
Plot[Site] 12 0.78 0.67
Component Variance Component Estimates Percent of Total
Site 227.42 27.14
Plot[Site] -5.91 -0.71
Residual 616.37 73.56
Chlorophyll a
Site 5 11.70 <0.0001
Plot[Site] 12 1.33 0.20
Component Variance Component Estimates Percent of Total
Site 3147.40 16.94
Plot[Site] 217.36 1.17
Residual 15217.03 81.89
Low Marsh Vegetation
Production
Site 4 41.07 <0.0001
Plot[Site] 10 0.45 0.92
Component Variance Component Estimates Percent of Total
Site 1232700 16.99
Plot[Site] -113695 -1.57
Residual 6137334 84.58
Chlorophyll a
Site 4 9.31 <0.0001
Plot[Site] 10 1.04 0.40
Component Variance Component Estimates Percent of Total
Site 1048.88 8.77
Plot[Site] 15.74 0.13
Residual 10893.45 91.10