Table 1 Data of environmental conditions at the offshore test locations in 2002
Months | Nutrients (μmol/l) | Temperature (°C) | POC (μg/l) | PON (μg/l) | Chl. (μg/l) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ammonium | Nitrate | Phosphate | |||||
December–February | 0.3–4.4 | 1.1–13.4 | 0.1–0.4 | 1.8–5.0 | 35.2–84.3 | 543.3–669.7 | 3.3–3.7 |
March–May | 1.8–5.9 | 6.1–55.4 | 0.2–0.9 | 6.1–11.3 | 48.2–84.1 | 335.7–549.8 | 4.5–33.6 |
June–August | 0.9–6.5 | 0.2–49.3 | 1.3–1.7 | 14.1–18.8 | 29.4–34.3 | 174.7–217.1 | 4.9–16.4 |
September–November | 0.3–6.6 | 0.9–10.2 | 0.1–0.5 | 18.2–2.1 | 50.1–65.4 | 327.1–450.6 | 3.9–5.3 |