Occurrence of toxic blooms of Microcystis aeruginosa in a central Chilean (36° Lat. S) urban lake

Table 1 Multiple linear regression model for biovolume

Parameter	Estimation	Standard error	Statistical	p value
Constant	−8.66	7.41	−1.17	-
Water temperature	0.71	0.15	4.69	0.01
Conductivity	−0.01	0.01	−0.58	-
Total nitrogen	2.38	0.94	2.53	0.01
Dissolved oxygen	0.17	0.41	0.43	-
Total phosphorus	−10.03	13.94	−0.72	-
Nitrate	−1.37	1.23	−1.11	-
Wind speed	−1.86	1.02	−1.83	-
Rainfall	0.01	0.01	1.07	-
Diversity of taxa	3.67	1.77	2.07	0.04

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