Table 1. Station names, sampling dates, number of incubations performed, locations and environmental variables measured.

Bottom DO = Bottom water dissolved oxygen concentration; OPD = Oxygen penetration depth; Chl a:Phaeo = Chlorophyll-a to phaeopigments ratio; C:N = Carbon-to-nitrogen ratio; MGS = Sediment mean grain size.

Station	Date	Inc (#)	Lat (N)	Long (W)	Depth (m)	Temp (°C)	Bottom DO (mL L-1)	OPD (mm)	Chl a: Phaeo	C:N	Porosity (%)	MGS (μm)	Prokaryotic abundance (# cells g-1)
SI	07–2011	3	48°39.25	123°29.20	97	8.72	1.51	4.7	0.23	8.42	66.28	78.62	3.45E+08
SI	09–2013	4	48°39.25	123°29.17	97	9.24	0.97	3.7	0.23	10.01	73.48	87.76	7.66E+07
SoGE	05–2011	4	49°02.56	123°19.15	173	8.25	4.88	13.0	0.22	9.51	64.31	87.29	1.01E+08
SoGE	09–2013	4	49°02.55	123°18.97	167	9.65	2.42	5.8	0.18	34.89	64.40	112.86	7.57E+07
SoGC	05–2011	4	49°02.16	123°25.68	305	9.14	2.59	9.0	0.18	8.64	64.31	38.28	1.60E+08
SoGC	07–2011	3	49°02.42	123°25.51	301	8.63	2.86	12.0	0.21	8.77	83.64	27.30	9.07E+07
DDL	05–2011	2	49°05.05	123°19.76	109	8.27	4.95	10.0	0.37	11.66	65.52	75.08	1.64E+08
DDL	07–2011	3	49°05.05	123°19.75	107	8.91	3.23	14.7	0.59	16.97	60.79	95.66	1.48E+08
Axis	07–2011	3	48°19.01	126°03.03	987	3.87	0.19	8.0	0.16	10.56	81.10	46.86	9.74E+07
Hydrates	07–2011	3	48°18.71	126°03.95	868	4.26	0.20	7.3	0.18	9.66	80.18	33.12	9.09E+07
BMC	07–2011	3	48°18.88	126°03.49	896	4.22	0.19	7.3	0.19	9.34	85.43	32.21	1.56E+08
BUP	07–2011	3	48°25.66	126°10.48	397	5.56	0.71	7.5	0.17	14.17	51.05	124.53	1.07E+08
Folger	07–2011	3	48°48.83	125°16.85	96	7.75	2.01	11.5	0.18	8.89	81.69	44.26	4.66E+08
BC300	09–2013	3	48°24.17	125°53.89	298	6.62	1.06	5.6	0.14	19.44	60.29	164.82	8.54E+07