Table 1. Mean (±standard deviations), minimum and maximum values, calculated in the upper mixed layer (UML) (A) and below the UML (B) for the three sampled areas.
| RoME 1 | RoME 2 | RoME 3 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Min | Max | Mean | Min | Max | Mean | Min | Max | ||||||||||
| A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | |
| Temperature | 1.75 (±1) | -1.41 (±0.3) | 0.02 | -1.86 | 3.07 | -0.19 | 1.32(±1) | -0.86 (±1) | 0.58 | -1.91 | 3.54 | 1.54 | 0.35(±0.2) | -0.92 (±0.6) | 0.10 | -1.71 | 0.640 | -0.01 |
| Salinity | 33.99 (±0.4) | 34.44 (±0.1) | 33.18 | 34.12 | 34.35 | 34.58 | 34.20 (±0.2) | 34.62 (±0.1) | 33.80 | 34.62 | 34.62 | 34.70 | 34.28 (±0.1) | 34.45 (±0.1) | 34.16 | 34.32 | 34.40 | 34.57 |
| DIN | 21.9 (±7) | 30.4 (±7) | 10.9 | 16.8 | 34.8 | 42.5 | 14.4 (±6) | 27.5 (±5) | 6.8 | 16.7 | 25.3 | 36.6 | 21.1 (±3) | 28 (±4) | 15.7 | 19.8 | 27.0 | 35.5 |
| PO43- | 0.93 (±0.5) | 1.61 (±0.2) | 0.15 | 1.00 | 1.78 | 1.87 | 0.67 (±0.4) | 1.49 (±0.3) | 0.27 | 0.86 | 1.54 | 1.92 | 1.05 (±0.3) | 1.67 (±0.4) | 0.50 | 1.09 | 1.59 | 1.99 |
| Si(OH)4 | 36.5 (±14) | 61.6 (±16) | 6.6 | 30.8 | 57.5 | 84.8 | 42.3 (±10) | 66.5 (±15) | 21.7 | 38.5 | 59.8 | 94.4 | 43.8 (±9) | 58,5 (±17) | 27.4 | 22 | 62.6 | 89 |
| POC PN | 274.4 (±89.7) | 46.8 (±22.5) | 139.3 | 23.3 | 444.2 | 93.7 | 208.3 (±23.4) | 161.9 (±59.4) | 166.4 | 52.1 | 233.5 | 256.0 | 227.9 (±84.4) | 70.2 (±55.5) | 45.4 | 24.6 | 350.7 | 198.7 |
| PON | 46.1 (±16.4) | 6.6 (±3.3) | 19.51 | 3.7 | 77.6 | 14.1 | 35.8 (±4.4) | 22.6 (±8.9) | 30.0 | 8.4 | 43.1 | 38.2 | 40.0 (±15.5) | 11.6 (±10.9) | 7.8 | 3.0 | 61.9 | 38.8 |
| Prot | 310.7 (±99.5) | 53.0 (±26.6) | 164.8 | 21.1 | 493.3 | 101.2 | 254.0 (±39.3) | 162.8 (±72.0) | 181.4 | 43.3 | 306.7 | 312.7 | 281.4 (±107.9) | 87.2 (±81.2) | 59.0 | 22.5 | 459.2 | 279.4 |
| Carb | 102.3 (±43.4) | 21.7 (±8.3) | 31.7 | 10.5 | 176.9 | 33.3 | 94.7 (±22.8) | 98.2 (±54.7) | 58.0 | 18.4 | 117.5 | 203.0 | 78.0 (±38.0) | 20.2 (±13.8) | 15.7 | 6.9 | 145.8 | 43.4 |
| POC/Chl-a | 209.2 (±119.8) | 124.5 (±79.8) | 84.0 | 51.7 | 495.3 | 317.1 | 161.8 (±(46.1) | 66.9 (±8.6) | 80.9 | 50.7 | 232.9 | 78.2 | 87.6 (±25.5) | 109.7 (±60.3) | 57.0 | 11.4 | 150.6 | 235.5 |
| POC/PON | 5.7 (±0.3) | 6.6 (±1.0) | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 8.1 | 5.8 (±0.3 | 7.0 (±0.8) | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 8.9 | 5.8 (±0.5) | 6.5 (±1.1) | 5.1 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 8.9 |
| Prot/Carb | 3.3 (±0.8) | 2.5 (±1.0) | 2.4 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 2.8 (±0.5) | 1.9 (±0.7) | 2.3 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 (±0.8) | 3.9 (±1.3) | 2.5 | 1.8 | 5.6 | 6.5 |
| Chl-a | 1.50 (±0.4) | 0.64 (±0.5) | 0.56 | 0.07 | 2.37 | 1.66 | 1.86 (±0.8) | 2.34 (±0.9) | 0.58 | 0.71 | 3.54 | 3.79 | 2.95 (±1.3) | 0.88 (±0.8) | 0.51 | 0.10 | 4.71 | 3.06 |
| Phaeo/Chl-a | 1.15 (±0.8) | 1.42 (1.2) | 0.35 | 0.62 | 3.87 | 5.97 | 0.46 (±0.2) | 0.45 (±0.1) | 0.29 | 0.30 | 1.24 | 0.62 | 0.41 (±0.1) | 1.04 (±0.9) | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.66 | 3.68 |
| ΔSi/Fuco | 49 (±30) | 95 (±86) | 24 | 0 | 140 | 314 | 91 (±37) | 72 (±55) | 40 | 0 | 184 | 196 | 38 (±20) | 87 (±51) | 18 | 6 | 112 | 165 |
| Diato | 77 (±15) | 64 (±15) | 50 | 27 | 89 | 84 | 67 (±16) | 38 (±16) | 33 | 15 | 98 | 74 | 93 (±2) | 90 (±5) | 90 | 65 | 99 | 97 |
| Hapto | 12 (±12) | 26 (±13) | 4 | 10 | 37 | 62 | 24 (±16) | 54 (±16) | 1 | 11 | 54 | 84 | 1 (±1) | 3 (±3) | <0.1 | 0.5 | 3 | 11 |
| Micro | 68 (±14) | 58 (±22) | 37 | 15 | 87 | 93 | 73 (±11) | 73 (±13) | 51 | 43 | 86 | 85 | 82 (±12) | 70 (±15) | 51 | 50 | 96 | 92 |
| Nano | 22 (±11) | 28 (±15) | 7 | 13 | 52 | 68 | 15 (±9) | 8 (±5) | 4 | 0.4 | 38 | 22 | 12 (±12) | 22 (±16) | 2 | 3 | 45 | 48 |
| Pico | 12 (±7) | 19 (±13) | 2 | 7 | 23 | 45 | 12 (±4) | 20 (±14) | 7 | 6 | 23 | 48 | 7 (±3) | 8 (±6) | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| Fv/Fm | 0.25 (±0.1) | 0.5 (±0.1) | 0.15 | 0.37 | 0.44 | 0.65 | 0.34 (±0.1) | 0.41 (±0.1) | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.49 | 0.60 | 0.58 (±0.1) | 0.53 (±0.1) | 0.22 | 0.40 | 0.64 | 0.66 |
| Dd+Dt/Ch-a | 0.24 (±0.06) | 0.11 (±0.05) | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.24 | 0.11 (±0.06) | 0.05 (±0.01) | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.14 (±0.04) | 0.11 (±0.04) | 0.1 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.23 |
Physical-chemical data: temperature (°C), salinity, inorganic nutrients [DIN ([NO3- + NO2- + NH4+), PO43-, Si(OH)4] (μM) and POC [particulate organic carbon], PON [particulate organic nitrogen], Prot [protein] and Carb [carbohydrate] (mg m-3), POC/Chl-a, POC/PON, Prot/Carb. Biological and photophysiological variables: Chl-a (mg m-3), Phaeo/Chl-a [Phaeopigments/Chl-a], ΔSi/Fuco [ΔSi(OH)4/Fucoxanthin], Diato [diatoms] and Hapto [Haptophytes], micro (>20 μm), nano (2–20 μm) and pico (<2 μm) fractions (%), Fv/Fm [maximum quantum yield], Dd+Dt/Ch-a.