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RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF MARINE BIOLOGY
Volume 44, Issue 5, Pages 415-423Publisher
MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1134/S1063074018050097
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Zostera japonica; costal lagoons; community production; photosynthesis; respiration; salinity impact; PAR
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The net primary production per daylight period (Pn, dl) and dark respiration per day (Rd) of the eelgrass Zostera japonica community were measured in situ by the continuous-flow-system method in the Golubinyi Bay (Sea of Japan) in May-June 2008-2012; the obtained values were Pn = 3.37 g ?(2)/(m(2) dl) and Rd = 7.21 g ?(2)/(m(2) d). The photosynthesis rate of Z. japonica depended on the intensity of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and salinity. The gross primary production (Pg) of the Z. japonica community was 6.98g ?(2)/(m(2) d) or 2.62 g C/(m(2) d) at the salinity of 34-17 parts per thousand. With reduction of water salinity to 8-1 parts per thousand, the Pg of the Z. japonica community decreased to 2.17 g O-2/(m(2) d) or 0.81 g C/(m(2) d), because of a lower rate of photosynthesis in plants. The primary production of Z. japonica was 6.10 g O-2/(m(2) d) or 87.4% of the gross production of the community. The ratio of gross production to dark respiration (Pg/R) was approximately 1.0, indicating the balance of autotrophic and heterotrophic processes in the community.
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