Table 3. Overview of sediment characteristics for the different Larsen B_Seep replicates and averaged for the seep station.

Larsen B_Seep	Sediment layer	chl a (µg/g)	phaeo (µg/g)	CPE (µg/g)	Volume weighted mean (µm)	clay%	silt%	very fine sand%	fine sand%	medium sand%
709/5	all layers	0.378	0.166	0.544	11.03	31.15	68.19	0.50	0.12	0.04
	upper cm	0.934	0.570	1.504	13.90	26.67	71.63	1.09	0.40	0.22
709/8	all layers	0.180	0.063	0.243	9.62	36.44	63.16	0.40	0.00	0.00
	upper cm	0.452	0.179	0.631	11.03	32.40	66.83	0.76	0.01	0.00
706/5	all layers	−	−	−	11.03	34.01	65.04	0.79	0.10	0.06
	upper cm	−	−	−	17.02	25.43	71.45	2.38	0.45	0.29
706/6	all layers	0.149	0.098	0.247	9.75	35.71	63.80	0.38	0.08	0.03
	upper cm	0.400	0.360	0.760	12.79	30.08	68.53	0.99	0.27	0.13
Average	all layers	0.24±0.12	0.11±0.05	0.35±0.17	10.36±0.78	34.33	65.05	0.52	0.08	0.03
	upper cm	0.60±0.29	0.37±0.20	0.97±0.47	13.69±2.52	28.65	69.61	1.31	0.28	0.16

Note that data on pigment concentrations are missing for replicate 706/5.