Table 1.

Virus-like particle counts by microscopy in bulk, SSML, and aerosol samples

Day	Bulk (×107) (vlp mL−1)	Day	Bulk (×107) (vlp mL−1)	Day	Bulk (×107) (vlp mL−1)	Day	SSML (×107) (vlp mL−1)	Day	SSML (×107) (vlp mL−1)	Day	Aerosol (×107) (vlp mL−1)	Day	Aerosol (×107) (vlp mL−1)
4	1.86 ± 0.40	13	1.63 ± 0.34	23	4.76 ± 0.65	7	1.32 ± 0.19	22	3.04 ± 0.43	0	1.58 ± 0.18	14	1.32 ± 0.15
5	1.00 ± 0.29	14	1.44 ± 0.26	24	3.63 ± 0.52	8	1.21 ± 0.22	23	3.66 ± 0.35	1	0.70 ± 0.08	18	1.39 ± 0.15
6	2.17 ± 0.52	15	1.72 ± 0.33	25	8.01 ± 0.80	9	1.21 ± 0.22	24	3.96 ± 0.53	2	0.77 ± 0.09	20	0.33 ± 0.04
7	1.68 ± 0.32	16	2.99 ± 0.36	26	5.50 ± 0.74	10	1.43 ± 0.28	29	5.56 ± 0.92	4	1.01 ± 0.11	22	0.55 ±± 0.06
8	0.60 ± 0.10	17	2.36 ± 0.26	27	5.07 ± 0.59	16	2.08 ± 0.27	32	1.59 ± 0.54	6	2.33 ± 0.26
9	1.93 ± 0.21	18	2.91 ± 0.42	28	5.26 ± 0.62	17	3.54 ± 0.42	33	2.35 ± 0.54	7	1.04 ± 0.12
10	1.10 ± 0.38	19	4.56 ± 0.43			18	3.85 ± 0.51	34	3.48 ± 0.68	9	2.14 ± 0.24
11	1.01 ± 0.23	21	4.36 ± 0.36			20	3.66 ± 0.57	35	4.06 ± 0.49	11	1.14 ± 0.13
12	1.24 ± 0.27	22	7.97 ± 0.79			21	3.90 ± 0.42	36	2.95 ± 0.34	13	1.20 ± 0.13

Error reported is s.d. and estimated error in aerosol measurements

SSML sea surface microlayer, vlp virus-like particle