Research Article

The First Molecular Characterization of Picocyanobacteria from the Argentine Sea

Table 1

Localization and environmental parameters of Patagonian stations at the Argentine Sea. Data were registered by the Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), Gabinete de Oceanografía Física, Base Regional de Datos Oceanográficos (BaRDO).

StationDateLocationDepth (m)Temperature (°C)SalinityAbundance cell mL−1 10−3

2013-03-0658°53′W 47°19′S20810.94534.06110 (2.1)*
2716-03-0661°48′W 47°22′S13013.07633.5641,370 (287.7)*
6229-03-0658°46′W 43°52′S20110.63133.95265 (13.7)*
6629-03-0661°25′W 43°20′S88.014.73033.55326 (5.5)*

Numbers in brackets indicate biomass expressed in µg C L−1.