Table 1.

List of b _bp/[Chl‐a] and b _bp Thresholds for Temperate and Subpolar Regions and Their Performances to Detect Coccolithophore Blooms (i.e., Sensitivity and Specificity)

Regions	Thresholds		Performances (%)
	b bp/[Chl‐a] (m2 mg−1)	b bp (m−1)	Sensitivity	Specificity
North Atlantic subpolar gyre	0.0063	0.0033	74	99
Patagonian shelf	0.0069	0.0035	72	100
Indian sector of the Southern Ocean	0.0078	0.0019	60	98
Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean	0.0064	0.0021	73	94
Total			67	98