TABLE 1. MICROENTITIES RELATED TO TURBIDITY, OPERATION I. 





Fig. 



Size* 



Range 

 (Numbers per ml) 



With 



Organisms 



Range 

 (Microns) 



Average 

 (Microns) 



Photosynthetic 

 Pigments 



Gymnodinium flavum 



12 



14_33 (diam) 



28.8 



54-3872 



+ 



Ceratium fusus 



13 



182-218 (long) 

 23.6-36.6 (wide) 



200 x28.3 



0-214 



+ 



Ceratium furca 



14 



100-135 (long) 

 36.3-46.8 (wide) 



118x44.5 



2-88 



+ 



Other dinoflagellates 



15 



15-40 (diam) 



N.M.** 



6-144 



+ 



Diatoms 



16 



N.M. 



N.M. 



0-82 



+ 



Total microorganisms 



17 



N.M. 



N.M. 



144-4130 



+ 



Nonliving particles 

 Organic aggregates 



A-2 



10-25 



N.M. 



6-118 





Wood fibers 



A-3 



10-500 



N.M. 



0-42 



- 



Unidentified particles 



A-4 



10-500 



N.M. 



96-860 



- 



Total inanimate particles 



18 



10-500 



N.M, 



122-940 



- 



Organisms and 

 inanimate particles 













Total microconstituents 



19 



10-218 



N.M. 



386-4416 



+ 



*Measurements made on fixed material 

 **Not measured 



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