Table 2. Estimates of particulate primary production in some U.S. and 

 Canadian estuarine and nearshore waters. 



Area Primary Production 



(g C/m /yr) 



Bedford Basin, N.S. (Piatt 1975) 220 



St. Margaret's Bay, N.S. (Piatt 1971; Mann 1972 a,b) 790 b 



Narragansett Bay, R.I. (Furnas et al. 1976) 310 



Charlestown Pond, R.I. (Nixon and Lee, in press) 140 



Block Island Sound, R.I. (Riley 1952) 285 



Long Island Sound, (Riley 1956) 205 



Hempstead Bay, L.I. (Udell et al. 1969) 215 b 



Peconic Bay, L.I. (Bruno et al. 1980) 190 

 Lower Hudson Estuary, N.Y. (O'Reilly et al. 1976) 690-925 



New York Bight Apex (Malone 1976) 370 



Patuxent River, M.D. (Stross & Stottlemeyer 1965) 210 



Chincoteague Bay, M.D./V.A. (Boynton 1974) 180 

 Pamlico River Estuary, N.C. (Kuenzler et al. 1979) 200-500 



Inshore Sounds, N.C. (Dillion 1971; Thayer 1971) 345 b 



North Inlet, S.C. (Sellner et al. 1976) 260 



Salt Marsh Creek, G.A. (Turner et al . 1979) 90 



Inshore Sounds, G.A. (Haines 1979a.) 300 



Off Altamaha River, G.A. (Thomas 1966) 550 



Nearshore Shelf, G.A. (Haines 1979a.) 285 



Barataria Bay, L.A. (Day et al. 1973) 360 



Nearshore Louisiana (Sklar 1976) 265 



Columbia River Mouth (Anderson 1964) 80 



Puget Sound, W.A. (Winter et al. 1975) 465 



Burrad Inlet, B.C. (Stockner and Cliff 1979) 350 



Kaneohe Bay, H.I. (Smith 1981) 165 



Phytopl ankton only unless otherwise noted 



St. Margaret's Bay phytoplankton = 190; seaweeds = 600 



Charlestown Pond phytoplankton = 30; benthic plants (not included seaweed) = 110 



Hempstead Bay phytoplankton = 198; benthic plants = 17 



North Carolina sounds phytoplankton = 70; benthic plants = 275 



Barataria Bay phytoplankton = 165; benthic plants = 195 



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