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which ranged from 0.6 to 4.2 /-gA/L, is not appreciably greater 

 than for other bays of near shore waters. Thus, it suggests that 

 the higher productivity of the bays is the result of a rapid turn- 

 over of P. The total phosphorus in sediments varied from 0.25 to 

 8.9 A^gA/100 g. 



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