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Table 1 Mean concentration of photosynthetic pigments (n = 5) in U. prolifera and U. intestinalis, measured in situ and 7 days’ lab acclimation

From: A comparative study of the photosynthetic capacity in two green tide macroalgae using chlorophyll fluorescence

Treatment

Chlorophyll a

Chlorophyll b

Chlorophyll

Species

In-situ

After 7 days

In-situ

After 7 days

In-situ

After 7 days

U. prolifera

0.261b ± 0.009

0.356a ± 0.019

0.085b ± 0.007

0.153a ± 0.022

0.355b ± 0.017

0.522a ± 0.043

U. intestinalis

0.169 cd ± 0.043

0.115d ± 0.013

0.051c ± 0.017

0.044c ± 0.018

0.226 cd ± 0.055

0.163c ± 0.031

  1. Values are means (± SD). Data are mg/fresh weight (g) (mg/g FW) for each pigment, different superscripts indicate significantly different values (p < 0.05) determined by post hoc comparisons