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Physical Factors on the Sandy Beach. Part II. Chemical Changes—Carbon Dioxide Concentration and Sulphides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. Ronald Bruce
J. Ronald Bruce
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Station, Port Erin.
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Summary

The presence of living organisms and their metabolic products introduce a further series of biochemical factors into the physical conditions of life on the sandy beach.

The gaseous exchanges of animals and plants lead to changes in the pH of the interstitial waters of the beach, but the calcareous matter associated with the sand acts as an alkali-reserve, preventing undue rise of acidity, and incidentally widening the potential range of carbonassimilation of the surface flora.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , April 1928 , pp. 553 - 565
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1928

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