Corrigendum to “Community composition of picoeukaryotes in the South China Sea during winter” [Cont. Shelf Res. 143 (2017) 91–100]

Abstract

The authors regret that Table 1 in the above article contained incorrect exponents in reporting the abundances of Synechococcus and photosynthetic picoeukaryotes. In these abundances expressed in scientific notation, the correct order of magnitude should be “× 1011” instead of “× 108”. The correct Table 1 is displayed here. In addition, values reported in the first paragraph (environmental parameters) of Results and Discussion should be changed to “Based on data from flow cytometry, Synechococcus was the most abundant picophytoplankton, with an integrated abundance in the upper 100 m ranging from 3.05 × 1011 cell m−2 to 9.41 × 1011 cell m−2. Abundance of photosynthetic picoeukaryotes was slightly lower, ranging from 0.88 × 1011 cell m−2 to 1.67 × 1011 cell m−2”. The corrected values are consistent with the integrated abundances of Synechococcus and picoeukaryotes reported in the Southeast Asia Time-series Station in the South China Sea (Liu et al., 2007). Since this study emphasizes on the community composition of picoeukaryotes, these changes do not affect the main conclusions of the article. We would like to thank Chih-Ching Chung who kindly reminded us about the low values of integrated abundance of Synechococcus and photosynthetic picoeukaryotes.