TABLE 3.

Correlation matrix (Spearman r-value) between 120 and 300 m mean temperature, DOC, TDAA C, DI, BA, and AOU over the seasonal cycle (July 2016 to September 2017) in the Sargasso Sea.

	Temperature	DOC	TDAA C	DI	BA	AOU
Temperature	1.00	0.43	0.07	0.21	0.50	0.32
DOC	0.43	1.00	–0.13	–0.11	0.35	−0.34
TDAA C	0.07	–0.13	1.00	0.86	0.22	–0.13
DI	0.21	–0.11	0.86	1.00	0.32	0.03
BA	0.50	0.35	0.22	0.32	1.00	−0.06
AOU	0.32	−0.34	–0.13	0.03	–0.06	1.00

Significant correlations (p < 0.05) are indicated as bold values.