Standing Stocks and Other Features of Eelgrass ( Zostera marina ) Populations on the Coast of Alaska
Of eelgrass populations sampled from southeast Alaska to Bering Strait, those in Kinzarof and Izembek lagoons on the Alaska Peninsula had the highest standing stocks (mean, 1510 g dry wt/m 2 ) and that in Calder Bay in southeast Alaska had the lowest (65 g dry wt/m 2 ). Caloric content of eelgrass a...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/f70-199 2023-12-17T10:28:10+01:00 Standing Stocks and Other Features of Eelgrass ( Zostera marina ) Populations on the Coast of Alaska McRoy, C. Peter 1970 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f70-199 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f70-199 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada volume 27, issue 10, page 1811-1821 ISSN 0015-296X General Medicine journal-article 1970 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/f70-199 2023-11-19T13:39:25Z Of eelgrass populations sampled from southeast Alaska to Bering Strait, those in Kinzarof and Izembek lagoons on the Alaska Peninsula had the highest standing stocks (mean, 1510 g dry wt/m 2 ) and that in Calder Bay in southeast Alaska had the lowest (65 g dry wt/m 2 ). Caloric content of eelgrass averaged 4211 cal/g in the leaves and 3571 cal/g in the roots and rhizomes. The concentration of chlorophyll a in eelgrass had a mean of 0.513 mg/g fresh wt, with one exception. Population densities were high in Kinzarof and Izembek lagoons (mean, 4576 turions/m 2 ) and low in all other sample areas (599 turions/m 2 ). Flowering plants were 3–4% of the total population. Mean leaf length varied from 13 to 48 cm and width from 2.4 to 5.1 mm. The differences in the eelgrass populations appeared to be related to local conditions rather than a large geographical gradient. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Strait Alaska Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Bering Strait Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 27 10 1811 1821 |
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Of eelgrass populations sampled from southeast Alaska to Bering Strait, those in Kinzarof and Izembek lagoons on the Alaska Peninsula had the highest standing stocks (mean, 1510 g dry wt/m 2 ) and that in Calder Bay in southeast Alaska had the lowest (65 g dry wt/m 2 ). Caloric content of eelgrass averaged 4211 cal/g in the leaves and 3571 cal/g in the roots and rhizomes. The concentration of chlorophyll a in eelgrass had a mean of 0.513 mg/g fresh wt, with one exception. Population densities were high in Kinzarof and Izembek lagoons (mean, 4576 turions/m 2 ) and low in all other sample areas (599 turions/m 2 ). Flowering plants were 3–4% of the total population. Mean leaf length varied from 13 to 48 cm and width from 2.4 to 5.1 mm. The differences in the eelgrass populations appeared to be related to local conditions rather than a large geographical gradient. |
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Standing Stocks and Other Features of Eelgrass ( Zostera marina ) Populations on the Coast of Alaska |
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Standing Stocks and Other Features of Eelgrass ( Zostera marina ) Populations on the Coast of Alaska |
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Standing Stocks and Other Features of Eelgrass ( Zostera marina ) Populations on the Coast of Alaska |
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Standing Stocks and Other Features of Eelgrass ( Zostera marina ) Populations on the Coast of Alaska |
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Standing Stocks and Other Features of Eelgrass ( Zostera marina ) Populations on the Coast of Alaska |
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standing stocks and other features of eelgrass ( zostera marina ) populations on the coast of alaska |
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