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Figure 8. Bacterial biomass (colony forming units, CFU) in Spartina alterniflora plots in the 

 middle tidal zone at depths (0-2, 5-7, and 10-12 cm). Aerobic and anaerobic CFU for 

 each block were pooled and the mean ±SE plotted. Aerobes,©— # and anaerobes, OO. 



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