Chlorophylls and Phycoerythrins as Markers of Environmental Forcings Including Cyclone Erica Effect (March 2003) on Phytoplankton in the Southwest Lagoon of New Caledonia and Oceanic Adjacent Area

Table 3

Variations of mean ± (standard deviation) pigment characteristics during the spatiotemporal sampling in the southwest lagoon of New Caledonia; total chl a (Tchl a) and phycoerythrin (PE) concentrations, dv-chlorophyll a percentage (dv-chl a *100/Tchl a = %dva), and chlorophyll ratios.

Date	Tchl 𝑎 (𝜇g L^-1)	cℎl𝑏cℎl𝑎	cℎl(𝑐1+𝑐2)cℎl𝑎	cℎl𝑐3cℎl(𝑐1+𝑐2)	%dva	PE (𝜇g L^-1)	PEcℎl𝑎	PUBPEB
26-27 September	0.43	0.121	0.125	1.0	7.9	0.33	1.24	1.02
	(0.54)	(0.033)	(0.012)	(0.2)	(9.3)	(0.15)	(0.57)	(0.21)
22-23 October	0.35	0.103	0.099	0.7	9.5	0.39	2.01	0.82
	(1.48)	(0.045)	(0.037)	(0.25)	(10.2)	(0.35)	(0.87)	(0.24)
21-22 November	0.47	0.140	0.105	0.8	5.2	0.65	1.87	0.88
	(0.40)	(0.033)	(0.011)	(0.22)	(3.3)	(0.21)	(0.97)	(0.32)
16-17 December	0.66	0.105	0.102	0.4	7.9	1.46	3.51	0.77
	(0.48)	(0.025)	(0.019)	(0.36)	(6.7)	(0.70)	(1.61)	(0.22)
13-14 January	0.42	0.080	0.094	1.0	6.9	0.72	2.56	0.81
	(0.49)	(0.020)	(0.016)	(0.34)	(8.3)	(0.37)	(0.97)	(0.19)
19-20 February	0.48	0.139	0.105	0.9	7.9	1.01	2.8	0.71
	(0.33)	(0.040)	(0.011)	(0.35)	(9.0)	(0.30)	(0.96)	(0.19)
17-18 March	2.95	0.079	0.123	0.4	2.8	1.28	0.96	0.60
	(4.53)	(0.028)	(0.018)	(0.33)	(2.5)	(0.42)	(0.55)	(0.09)
17-18 April	0.57	0.112	0.099	0.8	6.1	1.48	3.16	0.64
	(0.40)	(0.020)	(0.017)	(0.26)	(9.1)	(0.77)	(1.17)	(0.09)