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BENTHIC DIATOMS FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA CONTINENTAL SHELF: INNER AND MID SHELF 1
Author(s) -
Cahoon Lawrence B.,
Laws Richard A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1993.00257.x
Subject(s) - benthic zone , biology , continental shelf , diatom , sediment , oceanography , floristics , botany , ecology , fishery , paleontology , geology , taxon
Sediment samples collected by SCUBA divers at two times and three sites on inner and middle continental shelf of North Carolina a well‐developed benthic diatom flora. The most abundant species included the pennate forms Cocconeis disculoides , Diploneis papula, Naticula pullus, Delphineis surrirella, Amphora sublaevis, and A. tenerrima. Biomass of this distinct benthic microflora ranged from 16 to 97 mg chl a + m −2 and is comparable to sediment chlorophyll a values reported in previous studies.