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Dear colleagues,<br>
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I am collecting data on nutrients in atoll lagoons. I already have
collected some of them that are summarized on the attached Table. The aim
is to study the nutrient status in atoll lagoons, their
variations, the causes of their differences between atolls, and their
role in controlling primary production. This study follows other ones, on
the same subject but restricted to the Tuamotu atoll lagoons:<br>
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Dufour P. and B. Berland, 1999. Nutrient control of phytoplanktonic
biomass in atoll lagoons and Pacific ocean waters: studies with factorial
enrichment bioassays. <u>J Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.</u> 234: 147-166.<br>
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Dufour P., L. Charpy, S. Bonnet and N. Garcia, 1999. Phytoplankton
nutrient control in surface oceanic water of the Tuamotu archipelago
(south Pacific sub tropical gyre). <u>Marine Ecology Progress Series</u>,
179:285-290.<br>
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Dufour P., Andréfouët S., Charpy L., Garcia N. 200X. Down regulation of
phytoplankton by low nitrogen and phosphorus availibility in atoll
lagoons: morphology does matter. <i>Accepted (Sept 2000) </i><u>Limnology
and Océanography<br>
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</u>If you have or if you know some published or unpublished data on
atoll lagoons nutrients, I will be pleased to receive your
references. Your data will be used to complete a data base and
will be synthetized in a comprehensive review. If you agree with my
proposition and if your contribution is significant I will be happy to
associate you to this magnificent paper! N, P, Si, Fe and trace nutrients
in their organic and inorganic forms are expected. Accompagnying data, if
available will be welcome: geographical position and
morphology of the atoll, water residence time of lagoonal waters,
meteorological conditions at the time of sampling, oceanic environment
(nutrients), water temperature, salinity, oxygen, ..., benthic substrate,
phytoplanktonic biomass, taxa, and production, others planktonic and
benthic communities. They should be useful in explaining nutrients
variations and differences.<br>
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The best way to join me is via e-mail. And also, I will be in Bali,
next week, at the 9th Int. Coral Reefs Symp. Sure, I will be at the
minisymposium A2 and you will easily recognized me thanks to my horrible
french accent! And I also expect to be in front of 2 posters
during the special viewing time at 1700 18:30 pm on Monday
23<font size=1><sup>rd</font></sup><font size=3> October at the
</font><font face="CG Times">Poster Area in front of the Nusantara
lecture theatres. These posters are entitled:<br>
</font><b>- </b>Bacterioplankton is a poor trophic ressource for
the pearl oyster <i>Pinctada margaritifera</i>; evidence from spatial
distributions by Dufour P. and Torreton J.P. <br>
- Spatial homogeneity in atoll lagoons of the Tuamotu Archipelago by
Dufour P. and Torreton J.P.<br>
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I look forward for seeing you<br>
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Philippe<br>
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