]>Tyrrhenian Upper Waters in the Ustica Island (Marine Protected Area, Sicily, Italy) : Table 2
Table 2: One-way analysis of variance of seasonal variability of examinated parameters. Values in the same column with different letters are significantly different ( 𝐏 < . 0 5 ) .

ANOVA

Temperature ( C )Salinity (PSU)Dissolved oxygen (ml L 1 )Nitrate ( 𝜇 M)Phosphate ( 𝜇 M)Silicate ( 𝜇 M)Chlorophill 𝑎 (mg/mc)

𝜇 𝜇 𝜇 𝜇 𝜇 𝜇 𝜇

Autumn 200120.46c37.81bc5.51a1.96ab0.25a10.77ab3.97b
Winter 200215.01a37.62a5.70b2.00ab0.31ab12.42b5.88c
Spring 200218.06b37.74b5.77b0.84a0.24a9.46ab1.08a
Summer 200224.72d37.76b5.73b1.50a0.20a7.11ab0.99a
Autumn 200220.40c37.94d5.56a2.35ab0.16a6.18a1.93a
Winter 200315.76a37.88cd6.08c3.68b0.44b6.86a5.80c