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Mannitol‐fermenting bacteria as evidence for export from kelp beds
Author(s) -
Koop K.,
Carter R. A.,
Newell R. C.
Publication year - 1982
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.1982.27.5.0950
Subject(s) - kelp , upwelling , oceanography , peninsula , submarine pipeline , bacteria , seawater , biology , geology , ecology , paleontology
Mannitol‐fermenting bacteria are used to trace export from kelp beds along the west coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Under active upwelling conditions these bacteria are found in the water 4.5 km offshore and are probably exported to a distance of at least 8–9 km. During the relaxation phase of upwelling the kelp bed water is contained in a narrow band close to shore and no mannitolytic bacteria are found 4.5 km offshore.