Table 1.

Environmental parameters measured for each sample in the sediments of Admiralty Bay and North Bransfield Basin, Western Antarctic Peninsula. Granulometry: Sand (%), Silt (%), Clay (%), Silt + Clay (%).

Sample	Sand(%)	Silt(%)	Clay(%)	Silt + Clay(%)	Chlorophyll(mg.m-2)	Phaeopigment (mg.m-2)	Chloro/PhaeoRatio	CPE	OM (%)	Carbonate (%)	TOC (%)	Total N (%)	C/NRatio
1	0.00	48.93	51.07	100.00	1.25	41.68	0.03	42.93	3.09	17.46	0.56	0.07	7.15
2	1.13	53.13	45.74	98.87	4.13	45.09	0.11	49.22	2.41	16.61	0.25	0.07	3.62
3	0.10	43.52	56.38	99.90	0.34	84.53	0.00	84.87	5.10	19.31	0.83	0.12	6.46
4	9.28	57.38	33.35	90.72	2.54	55.80	0.05	58.34	2.91	14.93	0.30	0.08	4.10
5	29.57	45.35	25.09	70.43	3.82	51.66	0.08	55.48	2.72	14.38	0.40	0.05	7.96
6	1.64	57.06	41.30	98.36	3.95	58.52	0.08	62.47	3.94	14.47	0.25	0.06	4.36
7	2.27	51.52	46.21	97.73	5.83	52.50	0.11	58.32	2.90	14.33	0.21	0.06	3.40
8	2.74	50.80	46.46	97.26	0.17	60.17	0.00	60.34	3.65	17.52	0.43	0.08	5.53
9	1.54	39.11	59.35	98.46	8.25	42.92	0.20	51.17	2.70	12.23	0.35	0.06	6.27
10	10.17	58.23	31.60	89.83	4.58	26.57	0.17	31.15	2.85	13.74	0.51	0.06	8.96
11	20.62	56.20	23.17	79.38	1.90	48.01	0.04	49.91	2.61	13.19	0.40	0.06	6.64
12	6.61	64.94	28.45	93.39	0.37	49.22	0.01	49.59	3.49	16.73	0.44	0.07	6.31
13	16.16	55.50	28.35	83.84	0.31	64.41	0.01	64.72	6.03	16.51	0.70	0.08	8.69
14	17.79	56.85	25.36	82.21	0.00	46.51	0.00	46.51	3.53	15.30	0.63	0.08	7.98
15	20.30	54.48	25.22	79.70	0.00	44.45	0.00	44.45	3.37	16.21	0.62	0.07	8.69

Pigments: Chlorophyll (mg.m^-2), Phaeopigment (mg.m^-2), Chloro/Phaeo, Chlorophyll/Phaeopigment Ratio; CPE, Chloroplast Pigment Equivalent. OM, Organic Matter (%); Carbonate (%), TOC, Total Organic Carbon (%); Total N, Total Nitrogen (%); C/N, Total Carbon to Nitrogen Ratio.