Table 5 Potential faecal pellet (FP) flux for krill and salps.

From: Krill and salp faecal pellets contribute equally to the carbon flux at the Antarctic Peninsula

Species

Day/Night

Depth [m]

DF 1

DF 2

DF 3

DF 4

DF 5

Mean

SD

Salps

Day

>170

     

19.84

±29.82

Salps

Night

>170

     

39.78

±11.52

Salps

24 h

      

59.62

±14.09

Krill

Day

>200

3.14

24.29

3.10

3.62

1892.55

385.34

±842.61

Krill

Night

>200

32.71

8.58

3.91

6.87

2.76

10.97

±12.37

Krill

24 h

 

35.85

32.87

7.01

10.49

1895.31

396.30

±838.07

  1. The potential faecal pellet (FP) flux in mg C m−2 d−1, based on the in−situ abundances of krill and salps, is shown as mean across all drifting trap deployments (DF 1–5) for salps and for each individual trap deployment for krill. The mean potential FP flux across all drifting traps is shown along with the standard deviation. Salp abundances are based on quantitative oblique net tows and integrated over 170 m. Krill abundances are based on the hydroacoustics survey integrated over the top 200 m.
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