Table 1.

Phytoplankton physiological parameters and single factor ANOVA significance test of out vs. in of the iron-enriched patch (25 in samples, 11 out samples)

Parameter	Units	Location	Mean	SE	Min	Max	P value	Significance
φm	mol C·mol quanta−1	Out	0.011	± 0.001	0.006	0.014	3.9E-8	***
		In	0.025	± 0.001	0.014	0.040
Pmaxb	mg C·mg Chl−1·h−1	Out	1.34	± 0.05	1.01	1.58	0.1190	ns
		In	1.49	± 0.05	1.07	2.13
αb	mg C·mg Chl−1·h−1/μmol     quanta·m−2·s−1	Out	0.014	± 0.001	0.010	0.020	0.0011	**
		In	0.025	± 0.002	0.015	0.056
Ek	μmol quanta·m−2·s−1	Out	97	± 4	67	111	3.8E-6	***
		In	65	± 3	36	92
āφINC*	m2 mg Chl−1	Out	0.032	± 0.002	0.024	0.045	0.0022	**
		In	0.023	± 0.001	0.016	0.049

ns = not significant. Significance: *, 0.01 < P ≤ 0.05; **, 0.001 < P ≤ 0.01; ***, P ≤ 0.001.