Great Basin Naturalist
Article Title
Abstract
In situ radiocarbon uptake measurements conducted at Big Soda Lake, Nevada, indicate that (i) bacterial photosynthesis comprises an important fraction (30 percent) of the lake's total primary production and (ii) bacterial chemosynthesis contributes significantly to organic particle production. The results of nutrient enrichment bioassay experiments support Hutchinson's prediction that availability of inorganic nitrogen, rather than phosphorus, limits primary production in the mixolimnion. Nutrient additions of NO3–N with Fe+3 most stimulated 14C uptake.
Recommended Citation
Axler, R. P.; Gersberg, R. M.; and Paulson, L. J.
(1978)
"Primary productivity in meromictic Big Soda Lake, Nevada,"
Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 38:
No.
2, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol38/iss2/4