Table 2 POC (mg m−3) values of different seasons in the three sub-regions.

From: Spatial and temporal variations of particulate organic carbon in the Yellow-Bohai Sea over 2002–2016

Season

Bohai Sea

North Yellow Sea

South Yellow Sea

Mean \(\pm \) S.D.

Anomaly

Mean \(\pm \) S.D.

Anomaly

Mean \(\pm \) S.D.

Anomaly

Spring

452 \(\pm \) 53.6

9

459 \(\pm \) 47

90

373 \(\pm \) 56.1

57

Summer

415 \(\pm \) 52.3

2

245 \(\pm \) 84.8

−124

240 \(\pm \) 104

−76

Fall

411 \(\pm \) 36.2

−2

391 \(\pm \) 53.1

22

308 \(\pm \) 65.4

−8

Winter

374 \(\pm \) 35

−39

380 \(\pm \) 28.7

11

342 \(\pm \) 40.8

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