Table 2. Carbon, phosphate and trace element concentrations (mean ± standard deviation) in Antarctic krill and whales (mg kg⁻¹ dry weight).

Species	Sample type	n	Fe	Cd	Co	C (x 104)	P (x 104)	Cu	Zn	Mn
Pygmy blue, Baleoptera musculus brevicauda	Faeces	7	63.34±17	7.1±2.2	0.5±0.2	17.6±2.5	8.7±2.5	312.2±98.6	607.2±66.0	16.2±9.0
Blue, Baleoptera musculus	Faeces	15	161.8±106.5	29.7±8.6	1±0.8	18.5±3.2	9.8±1.9	239.5±68.6	460.8 ± 187.2	33.4±10.6
	Muscle	1	58.3±17.5	0.02	0.006±0.005	5.1	0.03±0.007	1.5±0.2	41.6±4.1	0.3
Fin, Baleoptera physalus	Faeces	2	237.4±45.3	42.1±13.1	2.1±1.3	22.1±0.7	12.1±0.4	290.7±11.4	407.1±52.8	30.5±6.9
	Muscle	1	215.7±45.8	0.2±0.3	0.07 ± 0.03	52.8	0.6±0.02	9.2±2.7	108.2±29.2	4.5±0.3
Humpback, Megaptera novaeangliae	Faeces	2	118.6±30.1	4.2±3.5	0.9 ±0.8	-	2.9±2.1	74.1±5.2	1099.0±553.0	18.2±10.7
Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus	Faeces	1	756.7	575	2.2	348.2	6.9	1635.4	2663.6	96
Average among whales	Faeces		145.9 ± 135.4	34.7±88.9	0.9±0.87	19.2±4.5	8.9±3.1	292.4±238.1	621.5±432.9	27.7±16.5
	Muscle		136.9 ± 91.6	0.11±0.19	0.04±0.04	51.9±1.2	0.4±0.2	5.3±4.5	78.9±40.9	2.4 ± 2.3
Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba	Whole krill	5	174.3±0.5	4±0.1	0.1	54.2	3.13±0.04	98.0±0.6	275.7±0.5	17.7±0.1
Krill, Nyctiphanes australis	Whole krill	5	91.4±1.1	2.8	0.1	35.9	6.6±0.01	40.7±0.2	444.8±2.6	8.0±0.1
Krill, Euphausia pacifica	Whole krill	5	62.1±0.6	2.3	0.1	45.2	1.4±0.009	15.6±0.2	293.6±2.3	9.2±0.1
Krill, Meganyctiphanes norvegica	Whole krill	10	11.3±8.9	2.2±0.5	0.04±0.02	43.2±2	1.06±0.6	44.6±11.0	90.5±40.8	2.0±0.8
Average among krill	Whole krill	25	76.6±64.1	2.7±0.8	0.08±0.03	44.3±6.6	2.8±2.3	49.1±30.5	49.13± 30.5	8.4±6.1

Carbon data for humpback whales are not available.

Krill samples were homogenates of 5 animals of each species.

Iron data for all species have been discussed in Nicol [16].