SESTON AND SEDIMENT CARBOHYDRATES IN LAKE BURULLUS, EGYPT

SESTON AND SEDIMENT CARBOHYDRATES IN LAKE BURULLUS, EGYPTW. M. , ~L-S]~~,RAF, -,”. ABDEL HONE’IH ],JiD E. M. DEGHEDY ~1. ,\
National Institute of oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria
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Lake Burollus has le~~ls of seston ran~ing between ‘4.9
and 849.0 mg dm- 3 dry weiqht. roncentratio~~ of po ·cul. te
organic curbon were found to be 2.3 and 126.9 mg dm- 3 The
relationship between seston and particulate organic car!’:”‘,
is highly significant. Also, particula~e caroohydra·e
(insoluble) is significant ~I,h pa.ticulate organic carbon
and seston. CaiOohydrate fluctuated from 0.117 to 5.52 mg
dm- 3• Sediment carbohydrate appears to be largely dependent
,’n ~ai’iations in the nature of the organic matter input.
A high correlation is found between particulate carbohydrate
and total carbohydrate. The carbohydrate values range
between 5.78 and 23.’4 mg go’. A high correlation was also
recorded between inorganic carbon and calcium carbor,ate. No
correlation between seston Cl’ Joh’/o, at” and sedIment
carJoilydrate was obs”rved.