Fig. 5

Monthly particulate organic carbon anomaly. Mean particulate organic carbon anomaly (mg m−3) and standard error within one eddy radius as a function of the month of the eddy occurrence for cyclonic eddies a formed and located inshore of 300 km, b formed inshore of 300 km and propagated to 300–600 km offshore, and c formed and located offshore between 300 and 600 km