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. 1970 Jun;19(6):960–962. doi: 10.1128/am.19.6.960-962.1970

Microbial Biomass on Particulate Organic Matter in Seawater of the Euphotic Zone

Humitake Seki 1,2
PMCID: PMC376833  PMID: 16349882

Abstract

Microbial biomass on suspended organic matter in seawater of the euphotic zone of Saanich Inlet was investigated. The viable microorganisms were measured by the glucose-uptake method. Microbial carbon on particulate organic matter in seawater was determined to be, on the average, 9.9 μg of C/liter, and there was a regression relationship as y = 0.0062 x − 1.79 with an unbiased variance Vyx1/2 = 0.38, where x = particulate organic carbon in seawater (micrograms of C/liter) and y = logarithm of microbial carbon (micrograms of C/liter).

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