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. 2015 Apr 17;10(4):e0125134. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125134

Correction: The Biogeochemical Role of Baleen Whales and Krill in Southern Ocean Nutrient Cycling

Lavenia Ratnarajah, Andrew R Bowie, Delphine Lannuzel, Klaus M Meiners, Stephen Nicol
PMCID: PMC4401758  PMID: 25886132

There is an error in Table 2. The numbers in the “Zn” column for “Average among krill” should be 255.5 ± 141.6. Please see the corrected Table 2 here.

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 ± 30.5 255.5± 141.6 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].

There is a reference missing from Table 3. Please see the corrected Table 3 here.

Table 3. Summary of dissolved and particulate trace element concentrations in surface waters from the literature (nmol L-1).

Sampling location Depth(m) Size partitioning Fe Cd Co P Cu Zn Mn C Reference
Marguerite Bay, WAP Dissolved Hendry [63]
Ross Sea 0-100 Dissolved 0.34-0.86 0.43-3.3 2.2-8.2 0.33-1.2 Corami [45]
Ross Sea 0.5-375 Dissolved 0.04-0.73 1.23-2.16 0.24-5.17 Fitzwater [64]
Ross Sea 0-380 Dissolved 0.5-11.6 0.01-6.6 Grotti [65]
Weddell Sea 50 Dissolved 2.01 0.34 Westerlund and Öhman [66]
Atlantic sector 40 Dissolved 0.155-0.905 Löscher [67]
Atlantic sector 40-100 Dissolved 0.95-6.66 1.7-10.8 Löscher [68]
Indian-Pacific sector 40 Dissolved 0.25-0.27 1.2-1.4 2.3-2.4 Frew [69]
Indian-Pacific sector 40 Dissolved 0.1 Bowie [44]
Southern Ocean 0-20 Dissolved 0.03 0.34 0.02 1.78 1.01 0.08 Cullen [32]
Ross Sea 0-100 Particulate 0.011-0.097 0.05-0.733 0.2-1.2 19-198 Corami [45]
Ross Sea 0.5-100 Particulate 0.01-0.17 Fitzwater [64]
Ross Sea 0-380 Particulate 0.04-1.36 0.01-3.1 Grotti [65]
Weddell Sea 50 Particulate 2.18 0.022 Westerlund and Öhman [66]
Atlantic sector 40 Particulate 0.02-0.14 Löscher [67]
Atlantic sector 40-100 Particulate 0.026-0.222 Löscher [68]
East Antarctica 0-1 Particulate 0.001-0.018 0.017-0.070 0.020-0.805 0.007-0.141 1170 Lannuzel [70]
Amundsen Sea open ocean 8-50 Particulate 0.071-0.66 16.6-44.5 8.81-39.4 Planquette [46]
Southern Ocean 0-20 Particulate 0.26 0.34 0.04 0.38 2.91 0.44 Cullen [32]
Overall ranges Dissolved 0.03– 2.01 0.04-0.9 0.02 0.43-6.6 0.24-10.8 0.01-6.6
Particulate 2.18 0.01-0.14 0.04 16.6-44.5 0.017-1.36 0.02-2.91 0.01-198 1170

Data from Frew [69] and Bowie [44] in the Australasian-Pacific sector are from non-fertilised surface waters

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