Table 3. The relationship between bacterial production (BP) and bacterial abundance (BA) or primary production (PP) in the open and coastal water of the Levantine Basin.
Data for the open sea stations (euphotic zone, bottom depth of stations >1000 m) were compiled from Zohary & Robarts [4 2], Zohary et al. [4 3, 4 4], Christaki et al. [4 5, 4 6], Turley et al. [4 7], Van Wambeke et al. [1 7, 4 8, 4 9], Ignatiades et al. [50], Kress et al. [5 1], Tanaka et al. [5 2, 5 3], Pulido-Villena et al. [1 5], and Rahav et al. [38]. A 95% confidence interval (CI) is presented for the slope and the intercept.
| n | R2 | Slope | Intercept | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open water | BP vs. BA | 383 | 0.60 | 0.03± 0.00 | 0.07± 0.01 | <0.001 |
| BP vs. PP | 223 | 0.63 | 1.19± 0.06 | 0.10± 0.02 | <0.001 | |
| Coastal water | BP vs. BA | 65 | 0.29 | 0.07± 0.01 | 0.19± 0.10 | <0.001 |
| BP vs. PP | 66 | 0.03 | 1.80± 1.13 | 2.41± 0.79 | 0.114 | |
| All data | BP vs. BA | 448 | 0.60 | 0.03± 0.00 | 0.06± 0.01 | <0.001 |
| BP vs. PP | 289 | 0.38 | 4.29± 0.32 | 0.49± 0.15 | <0.001 |