TABLE 1.
Station location, depth, water content, porosity, grain size, and soluble carbohydrate and soluble protein concentrations in surface sediment, (depth, 0 to 0.5 cm) at different locations in the Mediterranean Sea
| Station | Latitude (N) | Longitude (E) | Depth (m) | Water content (%) | Porosity | Silt-clay content (%) | Sand content (%) | Concn (mg g−1) of:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soluble carbohydrate | Soluble protein | ||||||||
| S1 | 35°46.29′ | 28°43.15′ | 3,870 | 45.8 | 0.69 | 98.3 | 1.7 | 0.18 (0.07)a | 0.24 (0.02) |
| S2 | 33°39.34′ | 33°18.43′ | 2,100 | 55.0 | 0.76 | 92.0 | 8.0 | 0.19 (0.12) | 0.11 (0.00) |
| S3 | 33°23.18′ | 28°19.04′ | 3,055 | 37.3 | 0.61 | 84.7 | 15.3 | 0.28 (0.02) | 0.16 (0.00) |
| S4 | 34°52.91′ | 22°31.97′ | 2,950 | 60.0 | 0.80 | 82.2 | 17.8 | 0.28 (0.01) | 0.24 (0.03) |
| S5 | 35°42.38′ | 20°08.80′ | 3,200 | 58.9 | 0.79 | 85.6 | 14.4 | 0.20 (0.05) | 0.24 (0.01) |
| S6 | 35°37.18′ | 17°23.37′ | 4,000 | 58.4 | 0.78 | 95.2 | 4.8 | 0.43 (0.09) | 0.41 (0.01) |
| S7 | 36°36.66′ | 12°14.77′ | 1,290 | 51.1 | 0.73 | 88.1 | 11.9 | 0.63 (0.07) | 0.58 (0.03) |
| S8 | 38°24.05′ | 06°53.72′ | 2,850 | 64.9 | 0.83 | 94.3 | 5.7 | 0.49 (0.05) | 0.44 (0.00) |
| S10 | 40°33.99′ | 04°57.14′ | 2,755 | 48.0 | 0.77 | 78.8 | 21.2 | 0.28 (0.04) | 0.41 (0.01) |
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The values in parentheses are standard deviations.