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TABLE 10-4 (Continued) 



Symbol Description 



Value 



k lOH 



< 109 



( I 111 



ku:\ 



«201 



kioi 

 k 20:i 



k 2or> 

 k-ioa 



kio: 



k 20H 



kioi 



«210 

 ^211 



ki{2 

 A; 214 

 Ac 21.1 



A;2ifi 



^217 



A;2i« 



X 219 



«220 

 ^221 



^222 



A: 22:1 

 Ac 224 



)k22:, 



'C22ii 

 ^227 



kiiK 



k 229 



Specific (per mg) death rate of benthic bacteria (mg C (mg C hr) ') 0.01 



Fraction of dead bacteria transferred to benthic detritus 0.55 



Benthic bacterial respiration rate as a fraction of total carbon 0.4 



uptake by bacteria 

 Mean sediment depth for bacteria (cm) 2.5 



Proportion of detritus attached but not taken up by bacteria 0.1 



Ratio of particulate carbon uptake by bacteria to ratio of bacterial 



uptake of U-DOC, R-DOC and detritus 

 Specific (per mg) I^^„x respiration rate for buried benthic algae 



at reference temperature (mg C (mg C hr) ') 

 Specific (per mg) K„<,. for ingestion of surface and buried algae by 0.0025 



ciliates at reference temperature (mg C (mg C hr) ') 

 Q 10 for ciliate ingestion and respiration 2.0 



Half-saturation constant for ingestion of surface and buried algae 50.0 



by ciliates (mg Cm') 

 Specific (per mg) Vm^, for total ingestion of all food sources by 0.003 



micrometazoans at reference temperature (mg C (mg C hr) ') 

 Q 10 for micrometazoan feeding and respiration 2.0 



Half-saturation constant for total ingestion of all food sources by 200.0 



micrometazoan (mg Cm"'') 

 Specific (per mg) V„ax for ingestion of bacteria by flagellates at 0.007 



reference temperature (mg C (mg C hr) ') 

 Q 10 for flagellate ingestion and respiration 2.0 



Half-saturation constant for ingestion of bacteria by flagellates 150.0 



(mgCm ■) 

 Ciliate assimilation efficiency as a fraction of the specific (per mg) 24.0 



ciliate ingestion rate (mg C (mg C hr) ') ' ' 

 Maximum ciliate assimilation efficiency 0.70 



Specific (per mg) ciliate respiration rate(mg C (mg C hr) ') 0.0015 



Specific (per mg) death rate of ciliates (mg C (mg C hr) ') 0.01 



Flagellate assimilation efficiency as a fraction of the specific 1 1 .0 



(per mg) flagellate ingestion rate (mg C (mg C hr) ') ' 

 Maximum fiagellate assimilation efficiency 0.90 



Specific (per mg) flagellate respiration rate (mg C (mg C hr) ') 0.00005 



Specific (per mg) death rate of flagellates (mg C(mgC hr)"') 0.01 



Selectivity coefficient for micrometazoan ingestion of algae, both 4.0 



surface and buried 

 Selectivity coefficient for micrometazoan ingestion of bacteria 1 .0 



Selectivity coefficient for micrometazoan ingestion of ciliates 20.0 



Micrometazoan assimilation efficiency as a fraction of specific (per mg) 19.0 



micrometazoan ingestion rate (mg C (mg C hr) ') ' ' 

 Maximum micrometazoan assimilation efficiency 0.70 



Specific (per mg) micrometazoan respiration rate 0.002 



(mgC(mgChr) ') 

 Specific (per mg) death rate of micrometazoans 0.01 



(mgC(mgChr) ') 

 Fraction of dead ciliates transferred to detritus 0.6 



Fraction of dead fiagellates transferred to detritus 0.6 



Fraction of dead micrometazoans transferred to detritus 0.6 



Mean sediment depth of ciliates (cm) 2.0 



(continued) 



