Table 1 Cellular characteristics of N. oceanica and Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Cell abundance (×10⁶ cells mL⁻¹)

20.4

6.25

11

10

48.1

24.5

5.64

36.1

µmax (day⁻¹)

0.35 (± 0.02)

0.21^(a) (± 0.02)

0.29 (± 0.03)

0.29 (± 0.02)

0.42 (± 0.01)

0.29^(a) (± 0.03)

0.38^(b) (± 0.03)

0.36^(b) (± 0.02)

POC (µg mg⁻¹)

328.4 (± 21.7)

310.6 (± 24.2)

345.5 (± 32.1)

288.9 (± 7.9)

503.2 (± 7.9)

590.1^(a) (± 8.8)

576.2^(a) (± 1.0)

534.8 (± 18.6)

PON (µg mg⁻¹)

32.8 (± 1.6)

20.3^(a) (± 0.9)

28.5^(b) (± 1.0)

26.5^{(a, b)} (± 1.0)

48.4 (± 0.6)

23.0^(a) (± 1.0)

43.1^(b) (± 0.6)

45.2^(b) (± 2.2)