Utilization of Organic Carbon by a Marine Crustacean: Analysis with Carbon-14
- 15 April 1960
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 131 (3407), 1098-1100
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.131.3407.1098.b
Abstract
An isotope-dilution technique using carbon-14 was employed to determine quantitatively the carbon budget of a filter-feeding crustacean. The amount of carbon ingested ranged between 0.044 and 0.139 mg. Incorporation of carbon varied between 11.3 and 73.6 percent per day per organism, with an average of 32.5 percent for the animals tested. Values for oxygen consumption are given as they relate to carbon intake and utilization.Keywords
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