Vertical distribution of the prokaryotic cell size in the Mediterranean Sea

Table 2 Physical and chemical characteristics of the water samples as minima, maxima, median, mean values and standard deviations

	Potential temperature	Salinity	Potential density	Dissolved oxygen CTD	Dissolved oxygen Winkler	NO₃	PO₄	SiO₄	DivinylChla	ChlaPico	ChlaN + M
	°C	psu	kg m⁻³	mg L⁻¹	mg L⁻¹	μmol L⁻¹	μmol L⁻¹	μmol L⁻¹	μg L⁻¹	μg L⁻¹	μg L⁻¹
Min	12.98	37.79	26.67	5.59	5.62	0.037	0.028	0.825	0.0041	0.0132	0.0045
Max	23.01	39.33	29.33	8.14	7.95	9.011	0.381	10.660	0.0256	0.1348	0.1052
Median	14.24	38.73	29.10	7.39	6.15	6.153	0.240	5.076	0.0152	0.0865	0.0332
Mean	14.72	38.63	28.84	7.19	6.75	4.749	0.215	5.491	0.0133	0.0860	0.0389
SD	1.93	0.39	0.49	0.82	0.90	3.296	0.113	3.897	0.0077	0.0359	0.0244
n	106	106	106	106	51	51	51	51	20	21	21

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