Radiotracer Estimation of Microbial Biomass in Lake Sediment
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Radiotracer Estimation of Microbial Biomass in Lake Sediment
The biomass of sediment organisms can be measured by a.llowing carbon tracer to distribute itself through sediment cores. Application of this method to sediment from Marion lake, British Columbia, indicated that most of the sediment microorganisms were concentrated in the top 2 cm of sediment, where the total biomass of microorganisms was estimated to be 183IJ.g C/cm2• The radiotracer estimate ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0706-652X,1205-7533
DOI: 10.1139/f85-049