Note on the Planktonic Primary Production in Fanning Island Lagoon

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dc.contributor.author Gordon, Donald C Jr.
dc.contributor.author Fournier, Robert O.
dc.contributor.author Krasnick, George J.
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dc.date.issued 1971-04
dc.description.abstract A single series of representative observations indicates that both the productivity and standing crop of phytoplankton in Fanning Lagoon are much greater than reported in the lagoons of other Pacific atolls. Productivity, as measured by the radiocarbon method, averaged 9.29 mg C/m^3/hr, while chlorophyll a averaged 0.548 µg/liter. Phytoplankton, principally dinoflagellates with some diatoms and coccoid blue-greens, averaged 12.6 X 10^4 cells/liter. The relative richness of this lagoon compared with others appears to be due to the greater availability of nutrients which, in turn, is caused by the unique geographic features of the atoll.
dc.identifier.citation Gordon DC, Fournier RO, Krasnick GJ. 1971. Note on the planktonic primary production in Fanning Island Lagoon. Pac Sci 25(2): 228-233.
dc.identifier.issn 0030-8870
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/4226
dc.language.iso en-US
dc.publisher University of Hawai'i Press
dc.title Note on the Planktonic Primary Production in Fanning Island Lagoon
dc.type Article
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Pacific Science Volume 25, Number 2, 1971