Photosynthetic Pigments Contained in Surface Sediments from the Hydrothermal System of Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California

Table 2

Retention time (min) and pigment concentration (ng/g) recorded in the sediment cores obtained at the Great Pagoda and Oil Town sites in the Guaymas Basin hydrothermal system. DL = detection limit (ng). A: absent.

Pigment Profile	Retention Time	DL	Each Pigment Concentration
			Great Pagoda		Oil Town
Tetraterpenoid			1	11	3	10
β-Carotene	14.7	0.14	440	914	341	419
Zeaxanthin	7.98	0.44	197	324	99	221
Alloxanthin	7.05	0.13	A	A	8	A
Diadinoxanthin	6.87	0.34	141	A	27	A
Prasinoxanthin	6.03	0.22	820	1866	213	312
Tetrapyrrole
Chlorophyll-a	12.39	0.23	A	298	A	87
Pyrophaeophytin-a	14.22	1.84	A	3514	169	A
Phaeophytin-a	13.31	2.22	A	618	A	455
Phaeophorbide-a	5.02	1.36	277	2775	62	364
Pigments Concentration per Core			1876	10309	918	1859
Pigments Concentration Total						14,962