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High phytoplankton growth and production rates in oligotrophic Hawaiian coastal waters 1
Author(s) -
Laws E. A.,
Redalje D. G.,
Haas L. W.,
Bienfang P. K.,
Eppley R. W.,
Harrison W. G.,
Karl D. M.,
Marra J.
Publication year - 1984
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.1984.29.6.1161
Subject(s) - phytoplankton , plankton , biomass (ecology) , oceanography , environmental science , growth rate , biology , ecology , nutrient , mathematics , geology , geometry
Plankton biomass, material fluxes, e.g. 14 C uptake, and specific growth rates are related quantities. In the course of comparing various methods of measuring these properties in September 1982 off Oahu, Hawaii, we found specific growth rates of 1–2·d −1 . Such rates approach the maximum expected values observed in laboratory cultures.