Table 1.

Equations used in estimating viral production (VP), viral turnover (VT), viral-mediated mortality of bacteria (VMB), amount of organic carbon released upon viral lysis (OCr) and percent of bacterial standing stock removed due to viral lysis (BSSr).

Variables	Equations
VP (viruses L-1 d-1)	[VAtf – VAto/tf]x (BAa/BAto)
VT (d-1)	VP/VA
VMB (bacteria L-1 d-1)	VP/BS
OCr (μg C L-1 d-1)	VMB × 20 fg C cell-1
BSSr (% d-1)	100 × (VMB/BAa)

VA, viral abundance; to, initial time point of incubation; tf, final time point of incubation; BA, bacterial abundance; BAa, ambient bacterial abundance; BS, burst size.