Table 2:
Environmental data of samples from GoM (obtained from the University of Maine GOMTOX Data Archives http://grampus.umeoce.maine.edu/gomtox/gomtox.htm).
| Nitrate+Nitrite (μM) |
Silicate (μM) |
Phosphate (μM) |
Ammonium (μM) |
Temp (°C) |
Salinity (psu) |
Sigmat (kg m−3) |
Chlorophyll a (μg L−1) |
Phaeopigments (μg L−1) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBA | 0.10 | 0.40 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 8.62 | 32.98 | 25.59 | 3.76 | 0.05 |
| GBB | 0.09 | 0.90 | 0.10 | 0.21 | 9.62 | 32.97 | 25.43 | 2.16 | 0.32 |
| GBC | 1.47 | 1.22 | 0.38 | 0.59 | 8.17 | 33.14 | 25.79 | 4.61 | 0.60 |
| GBD | 0.15 | 10.53 | 0.20 | 1.35 | 9.29 | 33.06 | 25.55 | 5.05 | 0 |
| GBE | 0.09 | 6.83 | 0.09 | 0.40 | 10.62 | 32.80 | 25.12 | 1.82 | 0.13 |
| GBG | 0.09 | 1.13 | 0.11 | 0.72 | 6.99 | 31.95 | 25.02 | 0.80 | 0.67 |
| GBH | 0.62 | 0.95 | 0.10 | 0.61 | 11.57 | 32.81 | 24.97 | 2.11 | 0 |
| GBJ | 0.11 | 1.40 | 1.22 | 0.28 | 11.73 | 32.38 | 24.61 | 0.77 | 0.03 |
| GBK | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 14.04 | 32.90 | 24.56 | 1.48 | 0.26 |
| BFC | 6.63 | 10.17 | 0.41 | 0.16 | 6.29 | 29.58 | 23.24 | 1.77 | 0 |