Estuaries are as productive as tropical rainforests, and four times more so than a good ryegrass pasture. The factor which earns estuaries their reputation as being among the most productive ecosystems on earth is the immense annual quantities of highly microbially enriched organic material referred to as detritus, which is derived from the fringing vegetation of the estuary. Photo: Terry Fitzgibbon
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Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 3, 1 August 1986, Unnumbered Page
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61Estuaries are as productive as tropical rainforests, and four times more so than a good ryegrass pasture. The factor which earns estuaries their reputation as being among the most productive ecosystems on earth is the immense annual quantities of highly microbially enriched organic material referred to as detritus, which is derived from the fringing vegetation of the estuary. Photo: Terry Fitzgibbon Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 3, 1 August 1986, Unnumbered Page
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