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Methods for Measuring the Primary Productivity and Standing Crops of an Epiphytic Algal Community Attached to Scirpus validus VAHL
Author(s) -
Hickman Michael,
Klarer David M.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
internationale revue der gesamten hydrobiologie und hydrographie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 0020-9309
DOI - 10.1002/iroh.19730580610
Subject(s) - scirpus , epiphyte , productivity , primary productivity , standing crop , botany , biology , environmental science , biomass (ecology) , agronomy , ecology , nutrient , wetland , macroeconomics , economics
Methods for measuring the primary productivity and the standing crops of an epiphytic algal community attached to Scirpus validus VAHL. are described. Experimental designs to show the accuracy of these methods are discussed and the components of variation are calculated for these designs. Primary productivity is measured using the carbon‐14 technique and liquid scintillation counting while the standing crops are measured using cell counts and chlorophyll a content.