Table 2.

Spearman rank correlation analysis of numbers of BBAL-2 and SUP05 cells obtained from Baltic Sea redoxclines

Parameter	SUP05			BBAL-2
	No. of samples	Correlation of parameter with:		No. of samples	Correlation of parameter with:
		Absolute cell no.	Relative cell no.		Absolute cell no.	Relative cell no.
H2S concn	45	−0.700a	−0.809a	50	0.140	0.091
O2 concn	34	−0.344b	−0.146	36	−0.680a	−0.606a
NO3 concn	34	−0.426b	−0.263	41	−0.626a	−0.508a
NH4 concn	65	0.091	−0.342a	52	0.499a	0.429a
PO4 concn	69	0.048	−0.333a	61	0.526a	0.560a
NO2 concn	61	0.227	0.324b	57	−0.042	−0.211
CO2 fixationc	40	0.122	0.196	32	0.587a	0.530a

^aP < 0.01.

^bP < 0.05.

^cμmol liter⁻¹ day⁻¹.