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Table 2 Sampling depth and month, viral production, viral decay, viral turnover time, burst size (BS), percentage of lysogenic cells, percentage of lytically infected cells and virus-mediated mortality (VMM) at the investigated coastal and open-sea station (mean values ± SD, where applicable

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

Depth (m)

Month

Viral production* (106 vlp mL−1 h−1)

Viral decay* (106 vlp mL−1 h−1)

Turnover (h)

BS*

Lysogeny (%)

Lytically infected cells (%)

VMM* (%)

Coastal station, 43°31′10″N, 16°22′52″E

0

10

0.94 ± 0.16

0.32 ± 0.08

17.49

27

0.00

34.52 ± 3.78

119.27 ± 19.73

0

2

0.93 ± 0.21

0.30 ± 0.01

15.92

56

1.27

43.20 ± 1.71

71.22 ± 16.12

0

6

0.33 ± 0.07

0.21 ± 0.05

39.80

52

1.32

17.28 ± 1.14

30.68 ± 6.41

0

7

0.90 ± 0.19

0.26 ± 0.08

17.51

36

3.39

15.74 ± 1.01

71.14 ± 15.19

10

10

1.00 ± 0.16

0.29 ± 0.05

14.81

65

1.70

15.34 ± 3.03

57.05 ± 9.01

10

2

0.40 ± 0.08

0.36 ± 0.07

37.12

21

3.50

48.00 ± 0.46

79.94 ± 15.12

17

6

0.69 ± 0.05

0.13 ± 0.02

15.90

45

1.03

15.72 ± 4.29

82.40 ± 5.98

11

7

1.87 ± 0.27

0.25 ± 0.03

5.72

56

3.63

16.95 ± 0.67

145.40 ± 20.74

35

10

0.45 ± 0.08

0.23 ± 0.10

37.14

25

4.59

12.66 ± 1.06

65.19 ± 11.69

35

2

0.39 ± 0.08

0.33 ± 0.05

35.47

12

11.78

40.35 ± 1.51

80.55 ± 3.03

35

6

0.32 ± 0.08

0.17 ± 0.02

39.40

45

2.96

24.46 ± 0.76

42.68 ± 11.08

35

7

0.81 ± 0.16

0.17 ± 0.05

16.33

54

3.22

34.46 ± 1.24

100.21 ± 0.27

Open-sea station, 43°2′39″N, 16°17′6″E

0

2

0.41 ± 0.09

0.18 ± 0.01

25.71

53

3.48

28.60 ± 6.53

57.29 ± 13.02

0

6

0.64 ± 0.05

0.18 ± 0.03

10.81

80

0.71

20.27 ± 5.60

62.95 ± 3.25

0

7

0.15 ± 0.06

0.14 ± 0.03

43.89

18

6.28

21.65 ± 3.90

62.89 ± 24.07

10

2

0.81 ± 0.06

0.17 ± 0.02

14.99

91

5.71

17.11 ± 1.93

62.09 ± 4.57

15

6

0.96 ± 0.08

0.13 ± 0.01

7.16

101

0.98

19.09 ± 0.33

75.53 ± 6.10

20

7

0.34 ± 0.08

0.10 ± 0.01

18.62

41

2.01

21.30 ± 6.56

65.82 ± 15.98

100

2

0.32 ± 0.03

0.11 ± 0.01

26.98

49

4.06

24.37 ± 8.18

57.77 ± 6.23

100

6

0.48 ± 0.07

0.13 ± 0.01

13.03

89

2.65

16.14 ± 0.50

50.68 ± 7.06

100

7

0.30 ± 0.08

0.12 ± 0.03

22.72

36

2.42

33.01 ± 1.81

78.71 ± 14.60

  1. * Significance of differences between two stations, p < 0.05