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2.2 Number, Biomass and Production of 

 Planktonic Microflora in Communities 



with Various Levels of Productivity 260 



2.3 Microflora of the Bottom Sediments 264 



2.4 Microflora of Detritus of 



Peri phy tonic Foul ing 266 



2.5 Biogeochemical Activity of Marine 

 Microflora 256 



2.6 Intensity of Microbial Decomposition of 

 Organic Matter and Consumption of 



Oxygen in the Water and in Sediments 267 



2.7 Participation of Microorganisms in the 

 Cycling of i^utrients 273 



2.8 Significance of Microbial Biosynthesis 



in the Cycle of Some Mineral Elements 275 



2.9 The Trophic Role of Microflora in 



Marine Ecosystems 277 



3. Production of Zooplankton (E. A. Sushkina) 286 



3.1 Methods of Calculation of the 

 Secondary Production and Ecologic- 

 Physiological Characteristics of 



Planktonic Animals 288 



3.2 Methods of Calculation of the 



Production of Communities 295 



3.3 Estimate of Production of Populations, 

 Trophic Levels, Zooplankton and the 

 Planktonic Community as a Whole 298 



4. Production of Zoobenthos (A. Nl. Golikov, 



0. A. Scarlato) 304 



Chapter V. Mathematical Modelling of the Functioning of a 



Pelagic Ecosystem 320 



1. Simulations of the Functioning of a 

 Pelagic Ecosystem (M. E. Vinogradov, 



V. V. Menshutkin) 322 



1.1 Statement of the task of Modelling of 

 Balance Relationships in Oceanic Pelagic 

 Ecosystems 322 



1.2 Model Considering Distribution of 



Elements of an Ecosystem with Depth 324 



1.3 Model Considering the Distribution of 

 Elements by Area 334 



1.4 Model Simulating the Volumetric 

 Distribution of Elements ...339 



2. Stochastic Models of Communities (B. S. 

 Fleishman) 342 



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