Biocalcification of aragonite by tellinid bivalve Macoma birmanica (Philippi) on the tidal mudflat in the Sundarban mangrove forest, north-east coastof India

Authors
Saha, A Jana, TK
Citation
A. Saha et Tk. Jana, Biocalcification of aragonite by tellinid bivalve Macoma birmanica (Philippi) on the tidal mudflat in the Sundarban mangrove forest, north-east coastof India, I J MAR SCI, 28(4), 1999, pp. 404-407
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
INDIAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCES
ISSN journal
03795136 → ACNP
Volume
28
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
404 - 407
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-5136(199912)28:4<404:BOABTB>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The annual biocalcification of aragonite by Macoma birmanica was found to b e 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 o f this biogenous aragonite to the processes of neutralization of the the an thropogenic carbon dioxide through its dissolution was observed, which was almost close to its maximum capacity.