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EPIBENTHIC ALGAL PRODUCTION IN AN INTERTIDAL MUDFLAT
Author(s) -
Leach J. H.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1970.15.4.0514
Subject(s) - standing crop , intertidal zone , environmental science , estuary , total organic carbon , oceanography , algae , chlorophyll a , carbon fibers , mangrove , ecology , biomass (ecology) , biology , geology , botany , materials science , composite number , composite material
Epibenthic algal production in an estuarine mudflat was measured during 1968 by a 14 C method. Seasonal production was correlated with solar radiation, temperature, and standing crop of functional chlorophyll, but not with the amount of organic carbon. Standing crop of living plant material in the sediments was equivalent to 15% of organic carbon in summer and 10% in winter. Annual production (31 g C/m 2 ) was equivalent to about a third of mean organic carbon in the sediments.