Primary Productivity in a Nutrient-Limited Tropical Estuary
| dc.contributor.author | Krasnick, George | |
| dc.contributor.author | Caperon, John | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-03-13T04:37:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-03-13T04:37:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1973-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Krasnick G, Caperon J. 1973. Primary productivity in a nutrient-limited tropical estuary. Pac Sci 27(2): 189-196. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0030-8870 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/793 | |
| dc.language.iso | en-US | |
| dc.publisher | University of Hawaii Press | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Lagoon ecology -- American Samoa | |
| dc.title | Primary Productivity in a Nutrient-Limited Tropical Estuary | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text |