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The contribution of microorganisms to particulate carbon and nitrogen in surface waters of the Sargasso Sea near Bermuda
| Title: | The contribution of microorganisms to particulate carbon and nitrogen in surface waters of the Sargasso Sea near Bermuda. |
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| Name(s): |
Caron, D.A., creator Dam, H. G., creator Kremer, P., creator Lessard, E. J., creator Madin, L. P., creator Malone, Tom C., creator Napp, J. M., creator Peele, E. R., creator Roman, M. R., creator Youngbluth, Marsh J., creator |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1995 | |
| Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Extent: | 31 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3331907 (digitool), FADT3331907 (IID), fau:6148 (fedora), 10.1016/0967-0637(95)00027-4 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Seawater samples were collected from the euphotic zone of the Sargasso Sea near Bermuda in August of 1989 and March–April of 1990. Microbial population abundances, chlorophyll concentration, particulate carbon and particulate nitrogen were measured. Calculations were performed to establish the relative and absolute importance of the various microbial assemblages. The choice of conversion factors (g C and N cell−1, or g C and N μm−3) for the microbial populations dramatically affected the estimation of “living” and “detrital” particulate material in the samples, and the relative importance of the various microbial groups. Averaged over all samples on either of the two cruises, microbial biomass constituted a greater proportion of the total particulate carbon and nitrogen during March–April (55% and 63%, respectively), than during August (≈24% and 30%, respectively) using “constrained” conversion factors that were derived. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09670637 and may be cited as: Caron, D. A., Dam, H. G., Kremer, P., Lessard, E. J., Madin, L. P., Malone, T. C., Napp, J. M., Peele, E. R., Roman, M. R., & Youngbluth, M. J. (1995). The contribution of microorganisms to particulate carbon and nitrogen in surface waters of the Sargasso Sea near Bermuda. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 42(6), 943-972. doi:10.1016/0967-0637(95)00027-4 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1116. |
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| Subject(s): |
Carbon Nitrogen Seawater--Composition Sargasso Sea Microorganisms |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3331907 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0967-0637(95)00027-4 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1995 Elsevier B.V. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
