Table 3 Local abundance of main biological groups

From: Large-scale ocean connectivity and planktonic body size

Main biological groups

Abundance ± SD (ind. m−3)

Prokaryotes

3.30 × 1011 ± 4.10 × 1010

Microbial eukaryotes all

1.72 × 109 ± 1.49 × 109

Coccolithophores 0–160 m

8.08 × 106 ± 7.60 × 106

Diatoms 0–160 m

7.16 × 106 ± 1.30 × 106

Dinoflagellates 0–160 m

2.80 × 106 ± 1.80 × 106

Mesozooplankton surface

6.00 × 103 ± 1.09 × 104

Gelatinous zooplankton

0.04235 ± 1.49 × 109

Macrozooplankton

0.179 ± 0.251

Myctophids

0.0035 ± 0.0193

  1. Mean abundance and standard deviation (ind. m−3) of main biological groups (microbial eukaryotes subgroup abundance is not determined)
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