Table 3.

Prorocentrum cf. balticum cell abundance from measured and calculated growth rate values over the growth period and the number of mucospheres estimated to have been in each mucus fraction for which carbon was quantified.

Cell count (mL)
Rep.	Day 0	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7	Day 8	Sum	Sum in 10 mL
1	4,300	5,719	7,606	10,116	20,570	26,741	30,630	34,306	40,080	180,068	1,800,680
2	4,950	6,584	8,756	11,646	19,750	25,675	32,230	36,098	42,1800	187,868	1,878,680
3	5,000	6,650	8,845	11,763	19,100	24,380	34,510	38,651	44,040	193,389	1,933,890

Mucospheres (based on 7.3% production rate)
1	314	417	555	738	1,502	1,952	2,236	2,504	2,926	13,145	131,450
2	361	481	639	850	1,442	1,874	2,353	2,635	3,079	13,714	137,140
3	365	485	646	859	1,394	1,813	2,519	2,822	3,215	14,117	141,170