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Studies in situ of the primary production of an area of inshore antarctic sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. J. Horne*
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Westfield College, London, N.W.3
G. E. Fogg
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Westfield College, London, N.W.3
D. J. Eagle
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Westfield College, London, N.W.3
*
Present address: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Dundee.

Extract

The primary productivity of an area of inshore sea in the South Orkney Islands was measured using in situ techniques in two consecutive seasons. Liberation of extracellular products of photosynthesis occurred, accounting for about 1 % of the total carbon fixed at the depth of maximum photosynthesis but rising to 38 % or more when photosynthesis was inhibited at high light intensities.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1969

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