Quantity and quality of the particulate organic matter in Concepcion Bay, during the spawning season of the scallop Argopecten circularis (Sowerby, 1835)

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Abstract

Describes the spatial variability of the particulate organic matter (POM), expressed in terms of proteins, carbohydrates and chlorophylls, and the specific abundance of phytoplankton. High values of chlorophyll a were due to the nannophytoplankton size class, which is the major contributor to the total phytoplankton abundance. The phytoplanktonic-POM and non-phytoplanktonic-POM contribution estimated at the surface shows that the highest protein percentage (69.5%) was due to phytoplankton, whereas at 10 m depth it corresponded to non-phytoplankton-POM or detritus. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)oo 301-320
JournalCiencias Marinas
Volume20
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1994

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