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SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF THE PRODUCTIVITY: BIOMASS RATIO FOR PHYTOPLANKTON IN A SMALL MARINE BASIN
Author(s) -
Platt Trevor,
Filion Christiane
Publication year - 1973
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.1973.18.5.0743
Subject(s) - phytoplankton , biomass (ecology) , productivity , environmental science , structural basin , oceanography , spatial variability , sampling (signal processing) , disequilibrium , spatial heterogeneity , habitat , ecology , biology , geology , nutrient , mathematics , statistics , medicine , paleontology , macroeconomics , filter (signal processing) , computer science , ophthalmology , economics , computer vision
The productivity:biomass (P:B) ratio for phytoplankton was studied using a replicated sampling design at six stations in a small marine basin. On six out of ten sampling days, statistically significant differences were revealed in the P:B ratios between stations. This result is consistent with the concept of contemporaneous disequilibrium which emphasizes the spatial component of the heterogeneity of the phytoplankton habitat.