A comparison of plant production estimates using14C and phosphate data
- 1 June 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Vol. 36 (2) , 233-241
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540001674x
Abstract
Organic production in the sea can be measured by studying the changes in phosphate throughout the water column. Results obtained by this method are compared with estimates of carbon uptake using 14C made on the Fladen Ground during 1955 and 1956. There is good general agreement between the two methods but some differences in the vertical distribution.The results are also used to calculate filtering rates of phytoplankton and sinking rates of zooplankton, and to compare observed and predicted vertical distributions of chlorophyll.Keywords
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