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Appendix A. A table showing biomass and energetics of the four 30-compartment flow models of the Neuse River Estuary representing early and late summer of 1997 and 1998 respectively.

Compartment number	Compartment	ES 97	LS 97	ES 98	LS 98	Parameter
1	Phytoplankton (1)	1787	1755	1989	2374	Biomass
		1176	1609	1202	2401	GPP
		686	909	701	1357	NPP
		490	700	501	1044	Respiration (R)
2	Free living bacteria (2)	1302	1406	1471	1616	Biomass
		1201	1298	1358	1491	Production (P)
		1123	1213	1269	1394	Respiration (R)
		78.6	84.9	88.8	97.6	Egestion (E)
		2403	2596	2716	2983	Consumption (C)
3	Benthic microalgae (1)	100	100	100	100	Biomass
		75	44	75	44	GPP
		50	28	50	28	NPP
		25	16	25	16	Respiration
4	Zooplankton (2.8)	436	1034	484	1267	Biomass
		742	827	822	1014	Production
		618	636	633	789	Respiration
		123	190	190	244	Egestion
		1483	1653	1645	2047	Consumption
5	Jelly fish (3.8)	6.5	0.61	0.30	5.46	Biomass
		0.01	0.001	0.0005	0.03	Production
		0.01	0.001	0.001	0.02	Respiration
		0.01	0.001	0.0005	0.01	Egestion
		0.03	0.003	0.002	0.06	Consumption
6	Brown and Pink Shrimp	no data	16.3	no data	8	Biomass
	(3.1)		0.25		0.12	Production
			0.85		0.4	Respiration
			0.15		0.08	Egestion
			1.25		0.6	Consumption
7	White shrimp (3.1)	no data	11.7	no data	38.1	Biomass
			0.18		0.6	Production
			0.8		2	Respiration
			0.12		0.4	Egestion
			0.9		3.0	Consumption
8	Oyster (2)	33	33	33	33	Biomass
		0.46	0.46	0.46	0.46	Production
		0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	Respiration
		0.18	0.18	0.18	0.18	Egestion
		1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	Consumption
9	Bivalves other than oyster	18408	6008	9842	6030	Biomass
	(2)	243	27	130	30	Production
		281	58	179	61	Respiration
		225	36	132	43	Egestion
		749	121	441	134	Consumption
10	Deposit feeding gastropods(2.2)	not present	9.4	0.4	not present	Biomass
			0.05	0.002		Production
			0.55	0.02		Respiration
			0.4	0.018		Egestion
			1	0.04		Consumption
11	Predatory gastropods(3.3)	0	3.6	0	0	Biomass
			0.02			Production
			0.05			Respiration
			0.04			Egestion
			0.11			Consumption
12	Deposit feeding polychaetes	310	56.5	77.4	31.5	Biomass
	(2.5)	8.4	0.5	2.1	0.3	Production
		17.5	1.4	4.4	0.8	Respiration
		17.1	1.3	4.3	0.5	Egestion
		43	3.2	10.8	1.6	Consumption
13	Predatory polychaetes	2.92	8.87	1.62	4.7	Biomass
	(2.6)	0.06	0.05	0.03	0.03	Production
		0.1	0.27	0.05	0.05	Respiration
		0.11	0.18	0.05	0.05	Egestion
		0.27	0.05	0.13	0.13	Consumption
14	Deposit feeding amphipods	7.3	19.7	17.6	30.1	Biomass
	(2.4)	0.15	0.4	0.35	0.6	Production
		0.55	1.45	1.28	2.2	Respiration
		0.12	0.35	0.29	1.0	Egestion
		0.82	2.2	1.92	3.8	Consumption
15	Isopods (2.3)	1.3	0.3	1.3	0	Biomass
		0.03	0.006	0.03		Production
		0.11	0.02	0.11		Respiration
		0.02	0.004	0.02		Egestion
		0.16	0.03	0.16		Consumption
16	Meiobenthos (2.5)	1000	558	1000	558	Biomass
		110	47	110	47	Production
		237	107	237	107	Respiration
		203	81	203	81	Egestion
		550	235	550	235	Consumption
17	Blue crab (3.2)	24.7	1.6	6.9	3.3	Biomass
		0.54	0.03	0.15	0.07	Production
		1.55	0.10	0.43	0.21	Respiration
		0.49	0.03	0.14	0.07	Egestion
		2.58	0.16	0.72	0.35	Consumption
18	Pelagic fish (3.3)	8.0	19.0	23.6	76.4	Biomass
		0.06	0.14	0.17	0.60	Production
		0.25	0.65	0.76	2.68	Respiration
		0.31	0.81	0.95	3.36	Egestion
		0.62	1.60	1.88	6.64	Consumption
19	Pelagic-demersal fish	13.3	3.0	no catch	39.6	Biomass
	(3.6)	0.07	0.01		0.21	Production
		0.16	0.02		0.48	Respiration
		0.12	0.02		0.41	Egestion
		0.35	0.05		1.10	Consumption
20	Demersal fish (3.4)	203	987	155	983	Biomass
		1.1	5.3	0.83	5.1	Production
		2.5	12.1	1.90	11.6	Respiration
		3.9	18.6	2.87	17.3	Egestion
		7.5	36.0	5.60	34.0	Consumption
21	Blue fish and  flounder (3.9)	16.2	27.5	7.2	38.0	Biomass
		0.04	0.06	0.01	0.08	Production
		0.09	0.14	0.02	0.19	Respiration
		0.17	0.24	0.04	0.33	Egestion
		0.30	0.44	0.07	0.60	Consumption
22	Birds (4.2)	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	Biomass
		0.005	0.005	0.005	0.005	Production
		0.183	0.183	0.183	0.183	Respiration
		0.052	0.052	0.052	0.052	Egestion
		0.24	0.24	0.24	0.24	Consumption
23	Sea turtles (3.8)	0.00174	0.00174	0.00174	0.00174	Biomass
		2.40E-06	2.40E-06	2.40E-06	2.40E-06	Production
		6.30E-06	6.30E-06	6.30E-06	6.30E-06	Respiration
		1.00E-06	1.00E-06	1.00E-06	1.00E-06	Egestion
		9.70E-06	9.70E-06	9.70E-06	9.70E-06	Consumption
24	Large predators (4.5)	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	Biomass
		0.0012	0.0012	0.0012	0.0012	Production
		0.003	0.003	0.003	0.003	Respiration
		0.0008	0.0008	0.0008	0.0008	Egestion
		0.005	0.005	0.005	0.005	Consumption
25	Sediment bacteria (2)	700	700	700	700	Biomass
		700	700	700	700	Production
		778	778	778	778	Respiration
		272	272	272	272	Egestion
		1750	1750	1750	1750	Consumption
26	DOC	2404	2596	2716	2983	Standing stock
27	Susp POC	5742	4406	5742	4406	Standing stock
28	Sed POC (1cm depth)	350000	350000	350000	350000	Standing stock
29	Pelagic carrion	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	Standing stock
30	Demersal carrion	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	Standing stock

   Notes: Abbreviations are: ES = Early Summer; LS = Late Summer. Biomass is in mg C/m²; GPP, NPP, R, P, E, and C are in mg C·m^-2·day^-1).  The “average trophic position” of each compartment is given in parentheses following the compartment name.