TABLE 5.
Grazing rate and apparent growth (day−1) for grazing experiments
| Expt | Size fraction |
Vibrioa |
Chl aa |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r2 | Grazing rate (apparent growth), day−1 | r2 | Grazing rate (apparent growth), day−1 | ||
| 1 | Free-living | 0.886 | 5.37 (4.37) | 0.234 | 0.337 (0.333) |
| 3.0–20 μm | 0.170 | 1.98 (0.92) | 0.762 | 0.248 (0.421)* | |
| >20 μm | 0.948 | 5.32 (5.63) | 0.512 | 0.036 (0.076)*** | |
| 2 | Free-living | 0.926 | 2.97 (4.08)*** | 0.564 | 0.617 (0.310) |
| 3.0–20 μm | 0.971 | 7.31 (7.30)*** | 0.845 | 0.659 (1.219)* | |
| >20 μm | 0.926 | 5.29 (5.93)* | 0.842 | 0.240 (−0.301)** | |
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Significance levels: *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001.