Average Phytoplankton Abundance (mixed depths = 0, 5, 10 m): cells per m3 - R/V A.v.Humboldt


meanstandard deviationcoefficient of variation
depth [m] MIX MIX MIX
Cyanobacteria6.4818.31283
Dinoflagellates63.7534.11 54
Bacillariophyceae 2064.171545.69 75
Chlorophyta sensu lato 18.2822.53123
Cryptphyceae23.7918.6678
Chrysophyceae 1.582.92185
unidentified* 1274.41845.8166
(*flagellates, cyanobacteria
or small chlorophyta)

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Germany
Lutz Postel, 28-3-01       sample analysis by Susanne Busch