Aquatic Biosystems

Table 4 Gross primary production for major world estuaries and bays: a comparative assessment

From: Physicochemical and biological factors controlling water column metabolism in Sundarbans estuary, India

Estuary/Bay	Primary Production (g C m-2 y-1)	Referrences
Dellware Estuary	307	Pennock and Sharp 1986 [47]
Chesapeake Bay	200	Cloern 1979 [48]
Hudson river estuary	180	Coljn 1983 [49]
Sundarban estuary	151.07
Ems Dollard (middle) estuary	100 – 140	Coljn 1983 [49]
San Francisco Bay	130	Peterson 1979 [50]
Fraser river estuary	120	Parson et al. 1970 [51]
Columbia river estuary	90	Anderson 1975 [52]
Wassaw Sound estuary	90	Turner et al. 1979 [53]

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