Physico-chemical characteristics of coastal (CW) and transitional waters (TW).

T, temperature; S, salinity; DO, dissolved oxygen; DIN, dissolved inorganic nitrogen; SRP, soluble reactive phosphate; SRSi, soluble reactive silicate; chl a, chlorophyll a. SE = standard error representing the environmental variability within coastal and transitional waters; ns = not significant; ** = p<0.01; *** = p<0.001. (§) Index of column water stability as described in Sabetta et al. 2008. Transitional waters are too shallow and too affected by wind conditions to yield useful values for this parameter. Physico-chemical characteristics of coastal (CW) and transitional waters (TW).