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Abstract
Recent literature on studies of production in marine macrobenthos is reviewed, and a significant correlation between annual P/B ratios and lifespan is shown for species from a variety of phyla and habitats. A regression equation was fitted to the pooled data. This equation may be used, in conjunction with data on mean annual biomass, to give production estimates for populations of marine macrobenthic species, if sampling is not size or age selective, and the lifespans of the populations can be determined.Year: 1979 PMID: 28308889 DOI: 10.1007/BF00346563
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Oecologia ISSN: 0029-8549 Impact factor: 3.225