| a) | Neap tide | Transition tide | Spring tide |
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| A vs B | A vs C | B vs C | A vs B | A vs C | B vs C | A vs B | A vs C | B vs C |
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| Temperature | NS | NS | NS | S | S | S | S | S | S |
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| Salinity | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
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| Nitrate | S | S | S | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
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| Phosphates | NS | NS | NS | S | S | S | NS | NS | NS |
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| Diatoms | NS | NS | NS | S | S | S | S | S | NS |
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| Dinoflagellates | S | S | NS | S | S | NS | S | S | NS |
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| Haptophytes | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | NS |
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| Chlorophytes | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
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| Cryptophytes | NS | NS | NS | S | S | S | S | S | S |
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| Prasinophytes | S | S | NS | S | S | S | S | S | S |
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| Cyanophytes | S | S | NS | S | S | S | S | S | S |
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| Prochlorophytes | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | NS |
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| TChla | NS | NS | NS | S | S | NS | NS | NS | NS |
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| b) | Zone A | Zone B | Zone C |
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| N vs T | N vs S | T vs S | N vs T | N vs S | T vs S | N vs T | N vs S | T vs S |
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| Temperature | S | S | NS | S | S | S | NS | NS | NS |
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| Salinity | S | S | S | S | S | NS | NS | NS | NS |
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| Nitrate | S | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
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| Phosphates | S | S | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
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| Diatoms | NS | S | S | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
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| Dinoflagellates | NS | S | S | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
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| Haptophytes | S | S | NS | S | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
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| Chlorophytes | NS | S | S | NS | NS | NS | NS | S | S |
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| Cryptophytes | S | S | S | NS | NS | S | S | S | NS |
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| Prasinophytes | S | S | NS | S | S | NS | NS | NS | NS |
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| Cyanophytes | S | S | S | S | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
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| Prochlorophytes | S | S | NS | NS | S | S | NS | NS | NS |
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| TChla | NS | S | S | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
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| c) | Time Series Station | |||||||||||||
| N vs T | N vs S | T vs S | N vs T | N vs S | T vs S | |||||||||
| Temperature | NS | NS | NS | Chlorophytes | S | S | NS | |||||||
| Salinity | NS | S | S | Cryptophytes | S | S | S | |||||||
| Diatoms | NS | NS | NS | Prasinophytes | S | S | S | |||||||
| Dinoflagellates | NS | NS | NS | Cyanophytes | S | S | NS | |||||||
| Haptophytes | NS | NS | NS | Prochlorophytes | NS | NS | NS | |||||||
| TChla | S | S | NS | |||||||||||