Viral dynamics in two trophically different areas in the Central Adriatic Sea

Table 1 Sampling depth and month, temperature, salinity, viral and bacterial abundance, virus-to-bacterium ratio (VBR) and bacterial production at the investigated coastal and open-sea station

Depth (m)	Month	Temperature (°C)	Salinity	Viruses* (10⁶ vlp mL⁻¹)	Bacteria* (10⁶ cell mL⁻¹)	VBR	Bacterial Production* (10⁴ cells mL⁻¹ h⁻¹)
Coastal station, 43°31′10″N, 16°22′52″E
0	10	17.96	37.25	16.41	0.69	24	0.13
0	2	11.99	37.16	14.74	0.56	26	0.16
0	6	22.00	36.47	13.32	0.50	26	0.15
0	7	25.33	37.24	15.80	0.85	19	0.48
10	10	17.90	37.27	14.78	0.65	23	0.12
10	2	11.97	36.93	14.92	0.56	26	0.12
17	6	20.57	37.48	10.89	0.44	25	0.34
11	7	18.46	38.02	10.69	0.55	19	0.11
35	10	18.10	37.32	16.54	0.65	26	0.10
35	2	13.03	37.93	12.76	0.74	17	0.20
35	6	14.29	38.13	12.56	0.40	31	0.26
35	7	15.04	38.24	13.24	0.40	33	0.08
Open-sea station, 43°2′39″N, 16°17′6″E
0	2	13.05	37.79	10.12	0.33	31	0.11
0	6	22.52	38.66	6.89	0.30	23	0.11
0	7	25.88	38.39	6.78	0.32	21	0.12
10	2	13.10	37.79	11.18	0.34	33	0.11
15	6	18.79	36.51	6.89	0.30	23	0.05
20	7	19.87	38.53	6.37	0.30	21	0.10
100	2	14.40	38.46	7.92	0.28	29	0.18
100	6	14.66	38.66	6.22	0.25	25	0.11
100	7	15.00	38.68	6.89	0.26	27	0.14

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