Primary Productivity in a Nutrient-Limited Tropical Estuary
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1973-04
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University of Hawaii Press
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The results of a survey of phytoplankton productivity, chlorophyll
a and nutrient concentrations in Pala Lagoon, American Samoa, are shown to be
interpretable in terms of two regimes: an ocean-dominated region where productivity
is controlled by fixed nitrogen concentrations, and a land-runoff-dominated
regime where productivity is unrelated to major nutrient concentration. A quantitative
relationship between nutrient concentrations in the lagoon and phytoplankton
growth rates is presented. This relationship is used as the basis for predicting the
effects of a proposed dredging operation within the lagoon as well as for predicting
the effects of increased waste discharge into the local marine environment.
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Lagoon ecology -- American Samoa
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Krasnick G, Caperon J. 1973. Primary productivity in a nutrient-limited tropical estuary. Pac Sci 27(2): 189-196.
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