Table 1 Descriptive statistics for Vp counts in oyster meat and the potentially predictive environmental variables

Vp count (MPN/g)

2327

3 – 43

317

7.2

1419

log(Vp) count (log MPN/g)

2327

1.1 – 3.7

2.7

2.0

2.2

Sea surface temperature (^oC)

2153

14.3 – 17.1

15.6

15.8

2.0

Salinity (psu)

1980

26.2 – 28.4

27.2

27.4

2.3

Chlorophyll a (mg/m³)

840

4.7 – 35.8

22.4

15.2

21.4