Primary Production, Nutrients, and Particulate Matter in the Southern California Bight: Contributions to the C, N, and O2 Budgets: A Component of the California Basin Study (CaBS): (Progress Report, November 1988).

摘要

A carbon budget has been developed for the euphotic zone in the surface waters of the Santa Monica Basin off Los Angeles, California, by CaBS. This grant provided several components of the budget: primary production, new production (equivalent to the sinking flux of biogenic particles out of the euphotic zone), standing stocks of particulate matter including particulate organic carbon, nitrogen and chlorophyll. Ancillary measurements of plant nutrients (nitrate, phosphate, silicic acid) were also made relative to primary and new production rates. The residence time of particulate matter in the euphotic zone was also determined as this is important for removal of particle-reactive substances, such as certain metals, hydrocarbons and chlorinated hydrocarbons. 12 refs., 1 tab.