Table 1.

Abundance and percentage composition of culturable vibrios at different stations (n=20–80)

	Apr 2008				Sep 2008
Stations	TCBS clone number (CFUs mL-1)	Percentage of vibrios	No. of vibrios (CFUs mL-1)	Vibrios/culturable bacteria	TCBS clone number (CFUs mL-1)	Percentage of vibrios	No. of vibrios CFUs mL-1	Vibrios/culturable bacteria
YMKOOIS	4.40×104	100%	4.40×104	11.89%	3.13×103	82%	2.57×103	0.88%
GDN064S	1.46×104	100%	1.46×104	1.74%	5.10×102	82%	4.18×102	0.67%
GDN061S	9.60×102	97%	9.31×102	0.73%	3.80×102	37%	1.41×102	0.08%
GDN059S	5.10×102	100%	5.10×102	0.15%	1.04×103	41%	4.26×102	0.22%
GDN053S	7.90×102	70%	5.53×102	1.10%	2.52×103	62%	1.56×103	1.44%
GDN057S	7.20×102	92%	6.62×102	1.21%	1.77×103	12%	2.12×102	0.04%
GDN063S	1.50×102	42%	6.30×101	0.09%	5.33×103	24%	1.28×103	0.38%
GDN062S	3.50×102	90%	3.15×102	0.12%	2.72×103	0	0	0
GDN060S	2.00×101	0	0	0	8.50×101	0	0	0
GDN058S	2.00×101	0	0	0	8.00×101	0	0	0
Mean value	6.21×103	69%	6.16×103	1.70%	1.76×103	34%	6.60×102	0.37%

n=20–80, which is the number of colonies used for identification from each sample. Relative error is less than 5%.