Contribution of bacteria to standing crop of coastal plankton1

1976279 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Randolph L. Ferguson · NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

Parke A. Rublee · North Carolina State University

Abstract

Water samples were collected from coastal waters near Cape Lookout, N.C., during March 1975 for direct count of bacteria and for adenosine triphosphate (ATP) analysis. Bacteria averaged 6.6 × 10 5 cells ml −1 and 0.09 µ 3 cell −1 . Bacterial carbon was 4 to 25% of the ATP estimate of total plankton carbon.

Topics & Keywords

Diverse Academic Research Areas Water Quality and Resources Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Limnology and Oceanography

Volume 21, Issue 1, pp. 141-145

DOI: 10.4319/lo.1976.21.1.0141

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