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Science 15 December 1978:
Vol. 202. no. 4373, pp. 1183 - 1186
DOI: 10.1126/science.202.4373.1183
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Carbon Flow in Four Lake Ecosystems: A Structural Approach

JEFFREY E. RICHEY 1, ROBERT C. WISSMAR 1, ALLAN H. DEVOL 1, GENE E. LIKENS 2, JOHN S. EATON 2, ROBERT G. WETZEL 3, WILLIAM E. ODUM 4, NOYE M. JOHNSON 5, ORIE L. LOUCKS 6, RICHARD T. PRENTKI 6, and PETER H. RICH 7

1 Fisheries Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
2 Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850
3 W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners 49060
4 Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22903
5 Earth Sciences Department, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
6 Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
7 Biological Sciences Group, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06268

Direct and indirect carbon fluxes in lakes Marion (British Columbia), Findley (Washington), Wingra (Wisconsin), and Mirror (New Hampshire) are compared, using budgets and input-output analysis. Overall differences in carbon flow between the lakes are shown with cycling indices of .031, .108, .572, and .661, respectively. The results suggest that lake ecosystems may be considered unique aggregatins of similar components.

Submitted on June 22, 1978
Revised on September 11, 1978


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