HETEROGENEITY OF OXYGEN PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN A PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROBIAL MAT AS STUDIED BY PLANAR OPTODES.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Glud, Ronnie Nøhr; Küht, Michiael; Kohls, Oliver; Ramsing, Niels Birger
- Source
- Journal of Phycology. Apr99, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p270-279. 10p.
- Subject
- *MICROBIAL mats
*PHOTOSYNTHESIS
*OXYGEN
- Language
- ISSN
- 0022-3646
Reports on the application of planar optodes and imaging techniques to a benthic photosynthetic mat to demonstrate an extensive vertical and horizontal variation in oxygen concentrations, oxygen consumption and oxygen production. Divisions of the oxic zone; Identification of microsites with high rates of oxygen turnover within the photic zone.