Heat production by sediment; ecological significance
Pamatmat MM. 1982. Heat production by sediment; ecological significance. Science. 215(4531):395-397
Sediments held at constant temperature evolve heat at rates that can be measured by direct calorimetry. The heat prodcution rates decrease with depth from the surface layer. Total heat flux is an indication of the rate of degradation of potential chemical energy originally fixed by photosynthesis and represents benthic energy flow.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Pamatmat, Mario
- Units
- GOGA , JOMU , MUWO , PORE
- Keywords
- biochemical sedimentation, California, calorimetry, Corte Madesa, Ecology, Experimental Studies, Geology, Heat Flow, heat flux, intertidal environment, intertidal sedimentation, Marin County, Measurement, Metabolism, Pacific Coast, Processes, Rates, San Francisco Bay, Sedimentation, Sediments, Western U.S.