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Table 5.
- continued
Station and
water depth
Date of
VeraIs.
3/11/55
(feet)
80
collection
Algae
dry
Halimeda monile, Hali-
meda opuntia
Padina Commersonii,
Alga*
0.60
Dictyota sp. mixture
Caulerpa racemosa
Halimeda gigas
4,27
0. 86
0.36
Sand
Ratio**
2.9
0.21
0.18
1.5
4.8
2.0
Elmer Is.
100
3/14/55
GlennIs.
50
3/16/55
Halimeda monile
Dictyota sp.
0.36
3.15
0.53
0.68
5.9
LeroyIs.
3/16/55
Halimeda monile
1.11
1.5
0.74
60
Halimeda opuntia
Lyngbya majuscula
Dictyota sp.
Asparagopsis taxiformis
0.99
0.81
3.71
3.06
* Multiplication factors used to convert wet weight to dry weight
Asparagopsis
6.5
Lyngbya
3.1
Caulerpa
5.7
Padina
6.1
Dictyota
4.7
Polysiphonia 4.3
Halimeda
3.0
Udotea
3.1
** Radioactivity in algae
Radioactivity in sand
3.5
1.5
2.5
2.0