TABLE 2.
Mean values of VA, PA, and VPR and environmental factors in the studied sea areas.
| Parameters | Intertidal zone | Yellow Sea | East China Sea | Northwest Pacific | Philippine Basin |
| VA (×109cm–3) | 4.383.66 | 4.151.55 | 4.431.37 | 1.290.38 | 0.0850.038 |
| PA (×109 cm–3) | 1.821.47 | 1.760.75 | 1.890.72 | 0.980.24 | 0.170.078 |
| VPR | 2.701.22 | 2.891.21 | 2.520.83 | 1.380.38 | 0.500.057 |
| Chla (μg/g) | 7.761.90 | 0.300.24 | 1.420.60 | 0.120.069 | undetectable |
| Pha (μg/g) | 2.962.23 | 5.651.14 | 5.102.22 | 1.750.61 | 0.130.064 |
| TOC (%) | 0.510.30 | 0.760.27 | 0.570.14 | 0.630.10 | 0.490.25 |
| Temperature (°C) | 20.309.18 | 9.821.21 | 23.122.37 | 1.04a | 1.680.079 |
| Salinity | 27.047.80 | 32.400.50 | 33.312.64 | 34.69a | 34.680.0082 |
| MGS (μm) | 105.2841.29 | 14.1313.79 | 45.6660.89 | 11.202.15 | 4.600.98 |
| Water depth (m) | 0 | 63.6714.41 | 55.6714.35 | 5811.0118.6 | 5308.0399.79 |
| Water content (%) | 0.350.06 | 0.530.07 | 0.480.12 | 0.650.05 | 0.660.06 |
| Number of sites analyzed | 2b | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
Chla, chlorophyll a; Pha, phaeophytin a; TOC, total organic carbon; MGS, median grain size; arepresented by data of one site at North Pacific (160°E, 35°N, water depth 4,330 m); bdata calculated with the annual mean at each site. –, not determined.