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Chrzanowski TH, Stevenson LH, Kjerfve B. Adenosine 5'-triphosphate flux through the north inlet marsh system. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1979;37(5):841-8doi: 10.1128/aem.37.5.841-848.1979.
Chrzanowski, T. H., Stevenson, L. H., & Kjerfve, B. (1979). Adenosine 5'-triphosphate flux through the north inlet marsh system. Applied and environmental microbiology, 37(5), 841-8. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.37.5.841-848.1979
Chrzanowski, T H, et al. "Adenosine 5'-triphosphate flux through the north inlet marsh system." Applied and environmental microbiology vol. 37,5 (1979): 841-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.37.5.841-848.1979
Chrzanowski TH, Stevenson LH, Kjerfve B. Adenosine 5'-triphosphate flux through the north inlet marsh system. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1979 May;37(5):841-8. doi: 10.1128/aem.37.5.841-848.1979. PMID: 16345382; PMCID: PMC243311.
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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1979 May;37(5):841-8. doi: 10.1128/aem.37.5.841-848.1979.

Adenosine 5'-triphosphate flux through the north inlet marsh system.

Applied and environmental microbiology

T H Chrzanowski, L H Stevenson, B Kjerfve

Affiliations

  1. Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research and Department of Biology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208.

PMID: 16345382 PMCID: PMC243311 DOI: 10.1128/aem.37.5.841-848.1979

Abstract

The distribution, fluctuation, and short-term transport of total microbial biomass (measured as adenosine 5'-triphosphate [ATP]) was investigated in a large salt marsh creek. Hourly samples were collected synoptically for 25 h from 10 boats positioned across the 320-m width of the creek. Samples were collected from three depths ranging from 0.2 to 8.0 m. Hourly data obtained from each station were graphed, plotting depth against ATP. Subsequently, interpolated ATP values were generated for every one-tenth depth from the surface to the bottom with the use of an 11-point proportional divider. A total of 2,750 values were generated, and a mean value of 0.865 mg of ATP per m was determined. Maximum levels of ATP were found at high tide and minimal values were found at low tide. The distribution of ATP concentrations was found to be complex, with no suggestion of vertical stratification; however, horizontal divisions were apparent. ATP values corrected for direction of flow or velocity indicated two ebb-directed channels; however, when considered in total, there was a net import of ATP through the interface. The total import of ATP for this 25-h sampling period was calculated to be 3.58 kg, corresponding to a net transport of 39.8 mg of ATP per s through the cross section. Results suggest that detailed characterization of a creek transect in terms of ATP or any similar parameter requires the simultaneous measurements of both the concentration of the parameter in question and the velocity at the time and point from which the sample was taken.

References

  1. Can J Microbiol. 1978 Jul;24(7):839-6 - PubMed

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