Sediment metabolism in samples off Northwest Africa

DOI

Sediments off northwest Africa were assayed for activities of the respiratory electron transport system (ETS) and for primary amino nitrogen. ETS activities were used to compute respiratory oxygen consuption, carbon oxidation, and nitrate reduction rates. Activities were correlated with depth of the water column, and their longshore distribution resembled that of euphotic zone phytoplankton productivity. Protein concentrations were closely correlated with ETS activities. Carbon biomass was calculated from protein and compared with other computed values. The carbon oxidation rate accounted for 13 % of the region's primary production.

Supplement to: Christensen, John P; Packard, Ted T (1977): Sediment metabolism from the northwest African upwelling system. Deep-Sea Research, 24(4), 331-343

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.732334
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/0146-6291(77)94000-0
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.732334
Provenance
Creator Christensen, John P; Packard, Ted T
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 1977
Funding Reference Fourth Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011105 Crossref Funder ID MAS3970126 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/MAS3970126 Atlantic Data Base for Exchange Processes at the Deep Sea Floor
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Supplementary Publication Series of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 11 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-18.150W, 20.967S, -17.033E, 21.717N); Cape Blanc