Sediment samples collected by SCUBA divers at two times and three sites on inner and middle continental shelf of North Carolina a well‐developed benthic diatom flora. The most abundant species included the pennate forms Cocconeis disculoides, Diploneis papula, Naticula pullus, Delphineis surrirella, Amphora sublaevis, and A. tenerrima. Biomass of this distinct benthic microflora ranged from 16 to 97 mg chl a + m−2 and is comparable to sediment chlorophyll a values reported in previous studies.
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