Table 4.

Pigment composition of red snow samples that contained enough particulate material for analysis.

Sample ID	Glacier	Chl a [μg/L]	Chl b [μg/L]	Vio [μg/L]	Zea [μg/L]	Lut [μg/L]	β-Car [μg/L]	trans- Ast [μg/L]	cis-Ast mono esters [μg/L]	trans-Ast mono esters [μg/L]	Total chlorophylls [%]	Total primary carotenoids [%]	Total secondary carotenoids [%]
ICE-12_1	Snaefellsjökull	10,528	1739			552		980		142	88	4	8
ICE-12_3	Drangajökull	4673	12,207		34			580	545		94	0	6
ICE-12_4	Laugafell		5816								100	0	0
ICE-12_7	Hofsjökull		8306					502			94	0	6
ICE-13_5	Eyjafjallajökull	3079				255				4	92	8	0
ICE-13_8	Mýrdalsjökull	2504									100	0	0
ICE-13_15	Vatnajökull	8123	40	67							99	1	0
ICE-13_16	Langjökull	8280								1	100	0	0
ICE-13_21	Snaefellsjökull	20,120		18		250				240	98	1	1
ICE-13_23	Snaefellsjökull	16,016		13		257	13			338	96	2	2
ICE-14_1	Eyjafjallajökull	62	34							157	31	0	69
ICE-14_2	Eyjafjallajökull	87	46							28	78	0	22
ICE-14_3	Eyjafjallajökull	138	69							31	83	0	17

Individual pigments were quantified in ug/L and reported as total chlorophylls, total primary carotenoids and total secondary carotenoids in % of total pigments.