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Table 2.

Estimates of microbial utilization of GOC.

Location	GOC treatment P, mmol C m⁻³ d⁻¹	GOC treatment R, mmol C m⁻³ d⁻¹	Control P, mmol C m⁻³ d⁻¹	Control R, mmol C m⁻³ d⁻¹	Minimum % of prokaryotic carbon demand supported by GOC	*Integrated GOC consumption^, mmol C m⁻² d⁻¹**	% Incoming GOC utilized^*
Mediterranean Sea (A)	0.023	0.434	0.016	0.728	3.40	0.22	0.87
	0.020–0.027	0.342–0.526	0.015–0.017	0.726–0.731	1.54–5.26	0.13–0.31	0.53–1.22
NE Subtropical Atlantic (B)	1.236	2.348	0.496	4.727	27.18	24.66	173.91
	0.888–1.585	2.010–2.687	0.184–0.808	4.345–5.109	16.49–37.88	14.90–34.42	105.06–242.77
NE Subtropical Atlantic (C)	1.038	2.088	0.248	1.702	22.14	16.95	45.98
	0.674–1.401	1.857–2.320	0.021–0.475	1.680–1.725	15.82–28.46	9.30–24.60	25.23–66.73
NE Subtropical Atlantic (D)	0.480	3.329	0.278	3.051	6.04	23.68	49.41
	0.460–0.500	2.078–4.580	0.252–0.304	2.554–3.547	1.53–10.55	10.63–36.74	22.18–76.64
NE Subtropical Atlantic (E)	0.361	2.266	0.223	6.738	11.74	24.39	111.84
	0.355–0.368	1.660–2.871	0.202–0.243	5.990–7.487	8.06–15.42	22.15–26.64	101.54–122.14
Arctic Ocean (F)	0.945	2.058	0.972	3.034	9.12	1.53	94.35
	0.933–0.958	1.939–2.176	0.968–0.976	2.583–3.485	7.07–11.17	1.24–1.82	76.36–112.34
Arctic Ocean (G)	0.299	6.538	0.268	14.047	2.55	1.46	34.71
	0.287–0.312	6.333–6.744	0.229–0.308	13.978–14.115	2.50–2.59	1.39–1.53	33.00–36.42
	5.76	25.5	2.97	42.19	9.3	9.97	71.54

Values indicate the average (bold) and range of duplicate estimates. The bottom row shows the median values for each variable.

Extending prokaryotic utilization to the entire depth of the mixed layer.