TABLE 11 



lU 



BACTERIAL DEVELOPMENT AND C UPTAKE IN DUPLICATE DARK BOTTLES CONTAINING 



SURFACE SEA-WATER SAMPLES FROM 19°08' N LATITUDE, 105°29' W LONGITUDE 



Time, hours 



Bacteria/ml 

 Sample 1 Sample 2 



Average 



Count/minute 

 Sample 1 Sample 2 



Average 





 2 

 k 



8 

 16 

 2k 

 37. 



3,200 



5,600 



8,500 



58,000 



660,000 



1,600,000 

 5,200,000 



3,6oo 



5,100 



7,900 



59,000 



390,000 



1,700,000 



5,700,000 



3,^0 

 5, too 

 8,200 



59,000 



520,000 



1,700,000 



5,500,000 



kk 

 59 

 139 

 3^5 

 te.5 

 872 



30 



^3 



79 



2 lj-2 



1+51 

 H67 



37 

 51 

 109 

 29U 

 14-38 

 670 



TABLE 12 



BACTERIAL FIXATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON IN THE DARK IN SURFACE 

 SEA WATER COLLECTED AT 19°08' N LATITUDE, 105°29' W LONGITUDE 



Time, hours CO^/C in dark CO /C fixed by bacteria % of CO /C fixed by bacteria 



Hg/1 



Hg/1 



"in the dark 



0.0055 



0.0088 



0.066 



0.55 



1.65 



6.6 



3 

 k 



13 



39 



79 



206 



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