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TABLE 4.10
Nitrogen Fixation Rate Constant (g N m − 2 yr − 1 )

Min. Max. Avg. Location Reference As Cited in Explanation

0.06 S.W. Bothnian Sea

(Baltic)

Lindahl and Wallstrom, 1985 Howarth et al. 31

0.07 Aland Sea (Baltic) Lindahl and Wallstrom, 1985 Howarth et al. 31

0.8 Asko Area (Baltic) Lindahl and Wallstrom, 1985 Howarth et al. 31

0.013 1.8 Stockholm Archipelago,

Sweden

Brattberg, 1977 Howarth et al. 31 At 8 stations, 65 day yr −1 bloom period

1.2 Harvey Estuary, Australia Huber, 1986 Howarth et al. 31 Assumed to occur during Nodularia bloom

0.002 Vostok Bay, Japan Odintsov, 1981 Herbert 8

0.01 Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska Haines et al., 1981 Howarth et al. 31 Calculated values for macrophyte-free sediments

and well-developed cyanobacterial mats

0.03 Narragansett Bay,

Rhode Island

Seitzinger and Garber, 1987 Herbert 8

0.03 Kamishak Bay, Alaska Haines et al., 1981 Howarth et al. 31 Calculated values for macrophyte-free sediments

and well-developed cyanobacterial mats

0.03 Norton Sound, Alaska Haines et al., 1981 Howarth et al. 31 Calculated values for macrophyte-free sediments

and well-developed cyanobacterial mats

0.03 Beaufort Sea Knowles and Wishart, 1977 Howarth et al. 31 Calculated values for macrophyte-free sediments

and well-developed cyanobacterial mats

0.07 Elso Lagoon,

Beaufort Sea

Haines et al., 1981 Howarth et al. 31 Calculated values for macrophyte-free sediments

and well-developed cyanobacterial mats

0.08 Shelikoff Strait, Alaska Haines et al., 1981 Howarth et al. 31 Calculated values for macrophyte-free sediments

and well-developed cyanobacterial mats