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Measuring the Metabolism of the Benthic Ecosystem

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Flows of Energy and Materials in Marine Ecosystems

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Determining and modeling the flow of energy and matter in the food web is perceived to be a key to our understanding of the productivity and other properties of the ecosystem (Platt et al., 1981). The measurement of metabolic rates has been a major part of our undertaking to determine energy flow. The oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide production of individual organisms as well as representative samples of communities have been our primary measures of metabolic rates. In the last decade, the activity of the electron transport system (Packard, 1971) has gained popularity and has even been preferred by some (Båmstedt, 1980).

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  1. Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University, P.O. Box 855, Tiburon, California, 94920, USA

    Mario M. Pamatmat

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    M. J. R. Fasham

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Pamatmat, M.M. (1984). Measuring the Metabolism of the Benthic Ecosystem. In: Fasham, M.J.R. (eds) Flows of Energy and Materials in Marine Ecosystems. NATO Conference Series, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0387-0_9

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