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On the origin of organic matter accumulating on tidal flats of Balgzand, Dutch Wadden Sea

On the origin of organic matter accumulating on tidal flats of Balgzand, Dutch Wadden Sea ON THE ORIGIN OF ORGANIC MATTER ACCUMULATING ON TIDAL FLATS OF BALGZAND, DUTCH WADDEN SEA =.c. (Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel) During one year (]974/1975) we followed the seasonal fluctuations i~ primary production of the benthic ~=roflora and the contents of chlorophyll ~, organic carbon and ATP in the top layer of t~e tidal flats on ~algzand. Transects and stations are i~dicated in Ylg. I. Re- sult~ of this study indicated an ~ncrease in organic carbon content of the surface sedi~nents of the tidal flats during the period March-June (Fig. 2) (see for more details CADEt and HEGEMAN, 1977). This increase s~guificantly exceeded the primary production during the same period of the benthic m~croflora living on these flats. This (late) spring in- crease ~n organic carbon was strongest on the high tidal flats farthest away from the Marsdfep inlet ~F~g. 2). In sltu primary production of phytoplankton was estimated to be too low to account for the unex- plained part of this increase. Phytoplankton primary production above these flats fs low because they are covered only part of the day. More- over, th~s water layer becemes th~nner and more turbid towards the high tidal flats. Therefore, the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aquatic Ecology Springer Journals

On the origin of organic matter accumulating on tidal flats of Balgzand, Dutch Wadden Sea

Cadée, G.
Aquatic Ecology , Volume 12 (2) – Nov 9, 2005
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ON THE ORIGIN OF ORGANIC MATTER ACCUMULATING ON TIDAL FLATS OF BALGZAND, DUTCH WADDEN SEA =.c. (Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel) During one year (]974/1975) we followed the seasonal fluctuations i~ primary production of the benthic ~=roflora and the contents of chlorophyll ~, organic carbon and ATP in the top layer of t~e tidal flats on ~algzand. Transects and stations are i~dicated in Ylg. I. Re- sult~ of this study indicated an ~ncrease in organic carbon content of the surface sedi~nents of the tidal flats during the period March-June (Fig. 2) (see for more details CADEt and HEGEMAN, 1977). This increase s~guificantly exceeded the primary production during the same period of the benthic m~croflora living on these flats. This (late) spring in- crease ~n organic carbon was strongest on the high tidal flats farthest away from the Marsdfep inlet ~F~g. 2). In sltu primary production of phytoplankton was estimated to be too low to account for the unex- plained part of this increase. Phytoplankton primary production above these flats fs low because they are covered only part of the day. More- over, th~s water layer becemes th~nner and more turbid towards the high tidal flats. Therefore, the

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Published: Nov 9, 2005

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