Table 2.

Virioplankton and picoplankton abundances in seamount and far‐field stations in the upper 75 m water column

	Seamount stations (n = 41)	Far‐field stations (n = 47)	t test significance
VLP (×106 particles/ml)	8.31 ± 2.87	6.50 ± 2.68	**
LFV (×106 particles/ml)	3.82 ± 1.41	2.87 ± 1.29	**
MFV (×106 particles/ml)	3.57 ± 1.64	2.90 ± 1.42	NS
HFV (×106 particles/ml)	0.92 ± 0.48	0.72 ± 0.42	*
SYN (×103 cells/ml)	0.83 ± 0.18	0.85 ± 0.23	NS
PRO (×103 cells/ml)	7.36 ± 13.72	6.34 ± 14.68	NS
PEUK (×103 cells/ml)	0.73 ± 0.13	0.73 ± 0.09	NS
HP (×105 cells/ml)	5.88 ± 0.48	5.89 ± 0.58	NS
VPR	14.17 ± 4.88	11.08 ± 4.61	**

t test; NS, not significant.

Abbreviations: HFV, high fluorescence viruses; HP, heterotrophic prokaryotes; LFV, low fluorescence viruses; MFV, medium fluorescence viruses; PEUK, picoeukaryotes; PRO, Prochlorococcus; SYN, Synechococcus; VLP, virus‐like particles; VPR, virioplankton/prokaryote ratio.

^* p < .05.

^** p < .01.