Table 5.

Elemental composition of the polysaccharide fraction of snow algae in five samples (S1–S5): S1—Gulkana Glacier, S2—Harding Icefield.

Element	Gulkana Glacier						Harding Icefield
	# 1	#2	#3	#4	Average	SD	# 1	#2	#3	#4	Average	SD
C	45.97	43.78	43.73	41.97	43.86	± 1.42	49.92	49.07	47.95	48.81	48.94	± 0.70
N	0.00	0.00	2.02	2.13	1.04	± 1.04	0.00	0.00	1.01	0.00	0.25	± 0.44
O	50.96	52.34	51.12	52.00	51.61	± 0.58	49.74	50.62	50.9	50.9	50.54	± 0.48
Na	0.36	0.45	0.38	0.45	0.41	± 0.04	0.08	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.06	± 0.01
Mg	0.30	0.35	0.34	0.35	0.34	± 0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.04	± 0.01
Al	0.23	0.27	0.27	0.25	0.26	± 0.02	0.08	0.07	0.11	0.03	0.07	± 0.03
Si	0.47	0.55	0.58	0.54	0.54	± 0.04	0.10	0.07	0.07	0.11	0.09	± 0.02
S	0.59	0.82	0.50	0.86	0.69	± 0.15	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.07	0.02	± 0.03
Cl	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.06	0.05	± 0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	± 0.00
K	0.14	0.16	0.15	0.18	0.16	± 0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	± 0.00
Ca	0.81	1.06	0.74	1.09	0.93	± 0.15	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02	± 0.01
Fe	0.12	0.15	0.13	0.12	0.13	± 0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	± 0.00