Journal
BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
Volume 107, Issue 1-3, Pages 501-506Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9552-0
Keywords
Microbial respiration; Southeastern U. S. continental shelf; Dissolved oxygen; Bacteria
Funding
- National Science Foundation [0620959]
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Ocean Sciences [0620959] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Respiratory rates on the U. S. southeastern continental shelf have been estimated several times by different investigators, most recently by Jiang et al. (Biogeochemistry 98:101-113, 2010) who report lower mean rates than were found in earlier work and attribute the differences to analytical error in all methods used in earlier studies. The differences are, instead, attributable to the differences in the geographical scope of the studies. The lower estimates of regional organic carbon flux of Jiang et al. (Biogeochemistry 98:101-113, 2010) are a consequence of their extrapolation of data from a small portion of the shelf to the entire South Atlantic Bight. This comment examines the methodologies used as well as the variability of respiratory rates in this region over space and time.
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