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Biocalcification of aragonite by tellinid bivalve Macoma birmanica (Philippi) on the tidal mudflat in the Sundarban mangrove forest, north-east coast of India
A SAHA, T K JANA
Published in NATL INST SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
1999
Volume: 28
   
Issue: 4
Pages: 404 - 407
Abstract
The annual biocalcification of aragonite by Macoma birmanica was found to be 314.3 g m -2 y -1 which is 2.5 times higher than biomass production and almost equal to the elimination rate, 311.4 g m -2 y -1 . Rapid response of this biogenous aragonite to the processes of neutralization of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide through its dissolution was observed, which was almost close to its maximum capacity.
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JournalIndian Journal of Marine Sciences
PublisherNATL INST SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
ISSN0379-5136