marginally insignificantp = 0.064
The E T -cell size relationship for heterotrophic flagellates was marginally insignificant because of the low number of taxa included: E T = - 0.088 - 0.375 l o g 10 V G M ; r 2 = 0.99 ; p = 0.064 ; n = 3 Discussion Phytoplankton biomass The phytoplankton succession during the experiment took the typical course of transient autumn blooms in Kiel Bight, when after extended vertical mixing in Kiel Bight surface concentrations of nitrate, phosphate and silicate are saturating for algal growth and calm and sunny conditions permit a growth pulse of phytoplankton.