Periphyton Productivity from the Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park (FCE), from October 2001 to Present

Periphyton productivity was measured annually at FCE LTER sites in Florida Bay and Shark Slough using light and dark BOD bottle incubations. Data are presented in terms of mass oxygen and/or carbon produced/consumed per gram of periphyton and per m2 of marsh. This is part of continuous data collection to test the hypothesis that phosphorus and nitrogen limit productivity at the upstream and downstream ends, respectively, of the FCE transects. Conclusions await longer-term data collection.本研究采用明暗BOD（Biochemical Oxygen Demand, BOD）瓶培养法，每年在佛罗里达湾及鲨鱼槽沼泽的FCE长期生态研究（Long Term Ecological Research, LTER）站点测定周丛生物（periphyton）生产力。数据以每克周丛生物、每平方米沼泽生境的氧气或碳生成/消耗量（质量单位）进行表征。本数据集属于持续性数据采集工作的一部分，旨在验证"磷与氮分别限制FCE样带上游与下游区域周丛生物生产力"这一假说。相关结论有待更长周期的监测数据支撑后方可正式确立。