Summary of biomass (mg C m-3), respiration (R, mg C m-3 d-1), growth (G d-1) and zooplankton production (ZP, mg C m-3 d-1) estimates for each cruise based on the >150 μm size fraction.

Growth has been calculated according to the empirically derived relationships between spAARS activities and independently estimated G for Paracartia grani (Eq 4) and for Oithona davisae (Eq 5). The subscripts Para and Oith refer to calculations made on each of these bases, respectively. ZP has been calculated 3 ways for comparison; on the basis of R (Eq 3), and on the basis of each estimate of G. The numbers are means and standard deviations of each set of n estimates for each cruise.