TABLE 2.

Benthic VDR, percentage of initial viral abundance remaining after 9 h in the decay experiments, benthic viral turnover, and η^a

Date	VDR (h−1)	% of initial viral abundance	Viral turnover (days)	η
January 2001	0.023 (0.004)	82 (2)	2.0 (0.2)	0.56
March 2001	0.036 (0.004)	72 (3)	1.4 (0.1)	0.52
May 2001	0.010 (0.002)	91 (1)	4.4 (0.6)	0.65
July 2001	0.025 (0.001)	80 (1)	1.9 (0.0)	0.71
September 2001	BDb	100 (3)	—c	0.60
November 2001	0.031 (0.005)	76 (3)	1.6 (0.2)	0.46
February 2002	0.031 (0.003)	76 (2)	1.5 (0.1)	0.45
Avg	0.022 (0.012)	82 (9)	2.1 (1.0)	0.56 (0.09)

^aThe values in parentheses are standard errors for triplicate samples for the VDR and standard deviations for triplicate samples for the percentage of initial viral abundance and viral turnover.

^bBD, below the detection limit.

^c—, Viral production below the detection limit gave a meaningless high turnover rate.