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Table 3. Statistical parameters for particulate, dissolved and total organic phosphorus in surface waters (0- 200 m) and total organic phosphorus in subsurface (200-1000 m) in the western Indian Ocean during the SW monsoon (1963), based on a frequency distribution analysis. Aside from the difference in
depht range of the data, the analytical groupings follow the description in Table 2
0-200 m
200-1000m
0-200m
200-1000 m
Area
Particulate Dissolved
Total
Total
Statistic
Area
Particulate
Dissolved
Total
Total
Organic
Organic
Organic
Organic
Organic
Organic
Organic
Organic
Phosphorus Phosphorus Phosphorus Phosphorus
Phosphorus
Phosphorus Phosphorus Phosphorus
n
72
77
78
44
x
0.0681
0.2045
0.2538
0.0636
S2
200N
0.0049
0.0553
0.0791
0.0095
s
0.0702
0.2353
0.2811
0.0976
~
s/Vn
0.0083
0.0268
0.0318
0.0147
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Red Sea
71
77
73
38
n
77
76
138
83
~
0.0570
0.1760
0.2267
0.0842
x
0.0792
0.1757
0. 1978
0.0223
n
~
0.0097
0.0308
0.0496
0.0103
S2
15°N
0.0086
0.0458
0.0604
0.0049
:.
0.0986
0.1755
0.2227
0.1015
s
0.0925
0.2141
0.2458
0.0705
0.0117
0.0200
0.0261
0.0165
s/Vn
0.0105
0.0246
0.0209
0.0077
Gulf of Aden
73
80
80
40
n
178
179
179
114
0.0527
0.1656
0.2663
0.0400
x
0.0506
0.1760
0.2260
0.0579
0.0076
0.0426
0.0640
0.0059
S2
lOON
0.0035
0.0300
0.0606
0.0063
0.0869
0.2063
0.2530
0.0770
s
0.0588
0.1732
0.2462
0.0795
0.0102
0.0231
0.0283
0.0122
s/Vn
0.0044
0.0129
0.0184
0.0074
Socotra
52
54
54
34
n
242
230
230
146
0.0750
0.1546
0.2269
0.0324
x
0.0465
0.1533
0.1972
0.0240
0.0075
0.0247
0.0506
0.0018
S2
SON
0.0023
0.0251
0.0416
0.0033
0.0863
0.1572
0.2249
0.0423
s
0.0477
0.1583
0.2040
0.0570
0.0102
0.0214
0.0306
0.0073
sly'll
0.0031
0.0104
0.0135
0.0047