“…This inlet system is one of the least studied marine areas of the whole Patagonia (Silva & Palma 2006). Oceanographic data focused on the fjords adjacent to the South Ice Camp are scarce and limited to physical characteristics of the water column (Chuecas & Ahumada 1980, Pinochet & Salinas 1996. Data for nutrients are almost non existent with the solely exception of an unpublished gross indication of the general profile up to 100 m of depth by the end of winter (middle August, Pizarro et al 1995) and the more widespread information obtained in October 1996 (Silva & Calvete 2002).…”