Table 1 Variance of environmental variables for the 18 years of satellite data at the latitudes of sampling (see white dashed lines in Fig. 1).
(a) | SST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sites | Summer | Fall | Winter | Spring | Total |
FR | 1.29 | 1.55 | 0.41 | 1.43 | 4.11 |
PT | 1.13 | 1.34 | 0.31 | 1.72 | 3.46 |
CU | 1.07 | 0.95 | 0.24 | 0.88 | 1.8 |
LM | 1.89 | 1.61 | 0.34 | 1.32 | 2.76 |
AN | 1.30 | 1.28 | 0.25 | 1.26 | 2.58 |
(b) | Rrs(555) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sites | Summer | Fall | Winter | Spring | Total |
FR | 0.11 × 10−6 | 0.05 × 10−6 | 0.08 × 10−6 | 0.13 × 10−6 | 0.16 × 10−6 |
PT | 0.23 × 10−6 | 0.20 × 10−6 | 0.37 × 10−6 | 0.23 × 10−6 | 0.27 × 10−6 |
CU | 0.16 × 10−6 | 0.52 × 10−6 | 0.89 × 10−6 | 0.21 × 10−6 | 0.47 × 10−6 |
LM | 0.12 × 10−6 | 0.71 × 10−6 | 0.95 × 10−6 | 0.22 × 10−6 | 0.52 × 10−6 |
AN | 0.14 × 10−6 | 0.20 × 10−6 | 0.19 × 10−6 | 0.31 × 10−6 | 0.22 × 10−6 |
(c) | Chla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sites | Summer | Fall | Winter | Spring | Total |
FR | 1.01 | 1.12 | 6.48 | 12.07 | 5.41 |
PT | 2.83 | 0.32 | 0.77 | 12.92 | 4.51 |
CU | 20.82 | 1.69 | 2.15 | 29.92 | 14.77 |
LM | 21.24 | 14.65 | 5.35 | 16.63 | 14.74 |
AN | 10.79 | 6.87 | 2.23 | 19.39 | 10.61 |