Marine biomass modeling

Phytoplankton, that is, the autotrophs suspended in the pelagial, is the main primary producer in marine ecosystems. The understanding and modeling of the aquatic ecosystem is not possible without knowledge of the productivity and biomass of the phytoplankton. 

Five major biomass feedstocks were considered in this analysis — low moisture plants, high moisture plants, woody crops, manure, and marine crops. For each of these categories. Mission Analysis Final Report, Volume III, describes a set of resource curves, corresponding to the years 1975, 1985, 2000, and 2020 — the time frame of the analysis. Prices for the intervening years are found by interpolation within the computer model. 

In a related study, Khani (2011) reported on the removal of U ions from aqueous solutions using Padina sp., a brown marine algal biomass. Four main parameters (pH and initial U concentration in solutions, contact time and temperature) were assessed on U uptake. Results showed that the adsorption data adequately fitted a second-order polynomial model. The optimum pH and initial U concentration in solutions, contact time and temperature were found to be 4,778 mg L , 74 min, and 37°C, respectively. The maximum U uptake was predicted and experimentally validated. The maximum monolayer adsorption capacity was found to be as high as 376 mg g . ... 

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