@article {Johnson:2002:0007-4977:1343,
title = "The ecological importance of an invertebrate chemoautotrophic symbiosis to phanerogam seagrass beds",
journal = "Bulletin of Marine Science",
parent_itemid = "infobike://umrsmas/bullmar",
publishercode ="umrsmas",
year = "2002",
volume = "71",
number = "3",
publication date ="2002-11-01T00:00:00",
pages = "1343-1351",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0007-4977",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2002/00000071/00000003/art00020",
author = "Johnson, M. A. and Fernandez, C. and Pergent, G.",
abstract = "The symbiotic chemoautotrophic bivalve Loripes lacteus was found to inhabit Cymodocea nodosa seagrass beds in a lagoon in Upper Corsica. Clams were observed at a mean density of 775 ind m2. Mean clam wet weight for the site was 0.099 mg and the gill,
organ in which are found the sulfur-oxidizing endosymbiotic bacteria, accounted for 32.5% of total body weight. Total wet tissue weight due to these animals in this sediment was therefore in the order of 77 g m2. The percentage of carbon is 11.2% of wet weight. A rough estimate
of net clam production within the seagrass bed yields a value of 1.73 g C m2 yr1. The autotrophic potential of Loripes lacteus was calculated to be in the order of 47.2 g C m2 yr1, which represents roughly 16% of
the seagrass bed's primary production. The role of these symbioses, in terms of carbon flux, within phanerogam seagrass beds is discussed.",
}