The importance of physical and biotic scaling to the experimental simulation of a coastal marine ecosystem

Authors

K. T. Perez, United States Environmental Protection Agency
G. M. Morrison, United States Environmental Protection Agency
N. F. Lackie, United States Environmental Protection Agency
C. A. Oviatt, University of Rhode Island
S. W. Nixon, University of Rhode Island
B. A. Buckley, University of Rhode Island
J. F. Heltshe, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

8-1-1977

Abstract

A marine microcosm, consisting of a pelagic phase interacting with a benthic phase, is described. Variations in water turnover, turbulence, incident radiation and ratio of pelagic volume to benthic surface area are shown to have significant effects on the behavior of these microcosms. It is argued that the inclusion and accurate simulation of appropriate levels of these variables is important in microcosm studies designed to study the dynamics of natural systems. © 1977 Biologische Anstalt Helgoland.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen

Volume

30

Issue

1-4

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Perez, K. T., G. M. Morrison, N. F. Lackie, C. A. Oviatt, S. W. Nixon, B. A. Buckley, and J. F. Heltshe. "The importance of physical and biotic scaling to the experimental simulation of a coastal marine ecosystem." Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 30, 1-4 (1977). doi: 10.1007/BF02207832.