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David A. Caron.
Boissonneault, Katie Rose, 1973-
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Joint Program in Biological Oceanography.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
n-us-ny
2014-03-06T15:30:25Z
2014-03-06T15:30:25Z
1999
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85281
43741958
Thesis (S.M. in Biology)--Joint Program in Biological Oceanography (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biology; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 23-30).
Also available at http://hdl.handle.net/1912/2064
Phytoplankton mortality (herbivory) and bacterivory were examined experimentally in West Neck Bay and Coecles Harbor, Long Island, NY from April through September, 1998. Small algae (<5 [tm diameter) dominated phytoplankton communities in both ecosystems throughout the summer, and zooplankton were also small (mostly <40 tm). Generally, plankton abundances were indicative of eutrophic ecosystems. Oscillations in standing stocks and mortality of prey indicated tight coupling of growth and grazing mortality in both bays. Phytoplankton mortality rates accounted for the removal of 14% to 65% of total phytoplankton standing stocks daily, while bacterivory accounted for the removal of 14% to 88% of total bacterial standing stocks daily. Estimates of carbon consumption revealed high energy flux through the nano- and microzooplankton assemblages of these estuarine environments.
by Katie Rose Boissonneault Cellineri.
S.M. in Biology
30, [17] leaves
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Joint Program in Biological Oceanography.
Biology.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
GC7.8 .C44
Brown tide
Cyanobacterial blooms
Food chains (Ecology)
Microbial food web interactions in two Long Island embayments
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