Microbial Biomass on Particulate Organic Matter in Seawater of the Euphotic Zone
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- 1 January 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied Microbiology
- Vol. 19 (6) , 960-962
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.19.6.960-962.1970
Abstract
Microbial biomass on suspended organic matter in seawater of the euphotic zone of Saanich Inlet was investigated. The viable microorganisms were measured by the glucose-uptake method. Microbial carbon on particulate organic matter in seawater was determined to be, on the average, 9.9 μg of C/liter, and there was a regression relationship as y = 0.0062 x − 1.79 with an unbiased variance Vyx1/2 = 0.38, where x = particulate organic carbon in seawater (micrograms of C/liter) and y = logarithm of microbial carbon (micrograms of C/liter).Keywords
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