Abstract
Total carbon in 19 species of marine organisms and mixed collections was analyzed by combustion in an induction furnace and hy subsequent measurement of evolved carbon dioxide in a gas burette. A system for trapping unwanted combustion products is described. Carbonate carbon was analyzed by treating samples with acid and measuring evolved carbon dioxide. Carbon concentrations were 6.6-46.8% of dry weight and 20.6-57.0% of organic weight. Cnidaria and ctenophores had the lowest carbon concentrations in organic matter.
Recommended Citation
Curl, Herbert. 1962. "Analyses of carbon in marine plankton organisms." Journal of Marine Research 20, (3). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/985