W.S. Gardner S.A. Fitzgerald 1993 Assimilation and respiration rates of Diporeia sp., an abundant benthic amphipod, and of sediment microheterotrophs were measured in a microcosm study. Release of radioisotope in the form of dissolved organic compounds was much lower than that incorporated and respired for both Diporeia and sediment bacteria. Of the 61 mmol C m-2 of algal C estimated to be deposited during the spring bloom. -from Authors application/pdf en American Society of Limnology and Oceanography An algal carbon budget for pelagic-benthic coupling in Lake Michigan article