| Northern site |
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| VLP | Winter | < | Spring | < | Autumn | = | Summer | ||
| VLP1 | Winter | < | Spring | < | Autumn | = | Summer | ||
| VLP2 | Winter | < | Summer | < | Spring | < | Autumn | ||
| Bacteria | Winter | < | Spring | < | Autumn | < | Summer | ||
| LDNA | Winter | < | Spring | < | Autumn | < | Summer | ||
| HDNA1 | Winter | < | Spring | = | Autumn | < | Summer | ||
| HDNA2 | Winter | < | Spring | = | Autumn | < | Summer | ||
| Synechococcus | Spring | = | Winter | < | Autumn | = | Summer | ||
| Prochlorococcus | Winter | = | Autumn | = | Spring | < | Summer | ||
| Picoeukaryotes | Winter | < | Autumn | < | Spring | < | Summer | ||
| Middle site |
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| VLP | Winter | < | Spring | < | Autumn | < | Summer | ||
| VLP1 | Winter | < | Spring | = | Autumn | < | Summer | ||
| VLP2 | Winter | < | Summer | < | Spring | < | Autumn | ||
| Bacteria | Winter | < | Autumn | < | Spring | < | Summer | ||
| LDNA | Winter | < | Autumn | = | Spring | < | Summer | ||
| HDNA1 | Winter | < | Autumn | < | Spring | < | Summer | ||
| HDNA2 | Autumn | = | Winter | < | Spring | < | Summer | ||
| Synechococcus | Spring | = | Winter | < | Autumn | < | Summer | ||
| Prochlorococcus | Winter | < | Spring | < | Autumn | < | Summer | ||
| Picoeukaryotes | Winter | < | Autumn | < | Summer | < | Spring | ||
| Southern site |
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| VLP | Spring | < | Winter | = | Summer | < | Autumn | ||
| VLP1 | Spring | < | Winter | = | Autumn | < | Summer | ||
| VLP2 | Spring | < | Winter | = | Summer | < | Autumn | ||
| Bacteria | Spring | = | Winter | = | Autumn | < | Summer | ||
| LDNA | Autumn | = | Summer | = | Spring | = | Winter | ||
| HDNA1 | Winter | < | Spring | < | Autumn | < | Summer | ||
| HDNA2 | Autumn | = | Winter | < | Spring | < | Summer | ||
| Synechococcus | Spring | < | Summer | < | Winter | < | Autumn | ||
| Prochlorococcus | Spring | = | Winter | < | Summer | < | Autumn | ||
| Picoeukaryotes | Winter | < | Autumn | < | Summer | < | Spring | ||