Table 4.

Prokaryotic abundance (PA), cell-specific prokaryotic carbon demand (csPCD) and cell-specific assimilation of bicarbonate in the dark (csABD) in the water masses of the Mediterranean sub-basins.

Variables (m)	PA, 103 cell mL−1	SD	csPCD, fg C cell−1 d−1	SD	csABD, fg C cell−1 d−1	SD
STATION ST1. BOTTOM 2,735 m
200	240	21	4.11	0.57	1.64	0.39
750	180	8	5.54	0.49	1.93	0.24
2,000	92	8	4.18	0.57	0.004	0.001
2,728	75	7	2.79	0.36	0.06	0.01
STATION ST2. BOTTOM 2,640 m
200	450	42	2.47	0.35	0.60	0.13
400	350	27	ND	ND	0.57	0.12
1,500	260	19	2.98	0.37	0.78	0.16
2,633	170	14	4.54	0.35	0.84	0.16
STATION ST3. BOTTOM 2,853 m
200	460	24	1.72	0.15	0.54	0.07
400	150	9	6.36	0.69	1.40	0.16
1,500	220	11	2.93	0.29	1.09	0.11
2,837	180	8	4.16	0.29	1.56	0.17
STATION ST4. BOTTOM 3571 m
200	187	19	8.46	1.39	0.61	0.14
400	131	9	2.82	0.29	1.76	0.28
2,500	99	7	7.66	0.91	0.60	0.13
3,500	48	4	19.87	2.48	1.00	0.21
STATION ST5. BOTTOM 3675 m
200	170	13	4.81	0.60	2.42	0.37
400	132	11	5.07	0.68	1.63	0.34
1,500	122	11	5.47	0.63	1.64	0.24
2,000	72	6	8.54	1.04	3.46	0.51
3,000	84	6	8.53	0.83	3.71	0.63
3,655	79	9	9.48	1.44	3.14	0.62
STATION ST6. BOTTOM 3625 m
200	221	17	8.03	0.96	0.63	0.12
500	140	8	4.82	0.39	2.64	0.41
1,000	150	12	4.31	0.56	1.93	0.29
2,000	75	5	7.31	0.74	3.27	0.40
3,000	53	3	10.88	0.86	3.91	0.57
3,400	1005a	65a	ND	ND	0.73	0.09
STATION ST7. BOTTOM 4346 m
200	423	34	3.36	0.44	0.38	0.08
750	218	13	3.89	0.42	0.61	0.1
1,500	205	8	5.28	0.41	1.01	0.12
2,000	127	9	5.29	0.54	0.99	0.15
3,000	136	16	5.79	0.83	1.05	0.17
4,000	84	8	10.37	1.50	1.94	0.31

^aData from Yakimov et al. (2007).

ND, not determined.