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MARSH 



TABLE 1 (cont'd) 



Characteristic 



Quantitative 

 estimate 



Reference 



Standing crop of herbivorous 

 fishes in two nuclear 

 test craters 



Standing crop of carnivorous 

 fishes in two nuclear 

 test craters 



Bacterial standing crops 

 Sediments 



Water 



Standing crop of sea 

 cucumbers (Hohthuria atra) 

 in zone of small heads 



pH of reef flat waters 



Dissolved O2 in reef 

 flat waters 



Alkalinity of reef flat 



NH3 in reef flat waters 



NO 3" in reef flat waters 



Dissolved organic nitrogen 

 in reef flat waters 



Particulate organic nitrogen 

 in reef flat waters 



Reactive phosphorus in 

 reef flat waters 



Organic phosphorus in 

 reef flat waters 



Dissolved organic carbon 

 in reef flat waters 



Particulate organic carbon 

 in reef flat waters 



Suspended chlorophyll a 

 in water column 

 Channels 

 Coralgal ridge 

 Reef flats 

 Lagoon 



Ash-free dry wt suspended 

 in water column 

 Channels 

 Coralgal ridge 

 Reef flats 

 Lagoon 



35.7 and 5.7 g m 



6L3 and 16.8 g m 



10* to lO^cells • 

 g dry wt~' 

 80 to 200 cells ml"' 



3 individuals m~^ 

 60 g wet wt m~^ 



8.27 to 8.32 



6.18 to 7.38 mgl"' 



2.285 to 2.295 meq l' 

 240 to 287 nmol 1"' 

 109 to 169 nmol P' 

 1720 to 2145 nmol r' 



157 to 210 nmol r' 



169 to 174 nmol 1"' 



152 to 155 nmoir' 



1210 to 1230 n3 r' 



24 to 26 M9 r' 



0.08 to 0.14 mg m"^ 

 0.21 to 0.33 mg m"^ 

 0.15 to 0.39 mg m"^ 

 0.16 to 0.61 mg m"^ 



0.04 to 0.15 g m"^ 

 0.10 to 0.99 gm~3 

 0.15 to 0.62 gm"3 

 0.06 to 0.22 g m~^ 



Nolan et al., 1975 

 Nolan et al., 1975 



DiSalvo, 1969 

 Johannes et al., 1972 

 Webb et al., 1977 



Johannes et al , 1972 

 Johannes et al., 1972 



Johannes et al., 1972 

 Johannes et al., 1972 

 Johannes et al., 1972 

 Johannes et al., 1972 



Johannes et al., 1972 



Johannes et al., 1972 

 Johannes et al., 1972 

 Johannes et al., 1972 

 Johannes et al., 1972 

 Marshall, 1965 



Marshall, 1965 



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