TABLE 1.

Drift-corrected bacterial production in the experiment testing impacts of O₂ contamination, type of incubation vessel, and presence of a headspace during incubation

Incubation vessela	O2 concn (% saturation)	Headspace	Bacterial production (μg of C liter−1 h−1)b
Discardit II	0	Yes	0.90 ± 0.088
	6	Yes	0.87 ± 0.049
	12	Yes	0.85 ± 0.031
	20	Yes	0.92 ± 0.053
	43	Yes	0.89 ± 0.054
	76	Yes	0.89 ± 0.085
	0	No	0.81 ± 0.059
Plastipak	0	No	0.76 ± 0.086
	76	Yes	0.75 ± 0.042
Eppendorf	100	Yes	0.84 ± 0.098

^aSee text for a description of the incubation vessels. 

^bResults are means ± standard deviations; (n = 6).