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Table 10. Examples of biomass and production rates of some primary producers in prairie wetlands (modified from Murkin 1989).

Primary producer				Biomass or production rate (g/m² dry wt.) or (gC/m²/yr)	Reference

Vascular hydrophytes
	Above ground biomass
		Wet-meadow zones		306	Barker and Fulton (1979)
		Shallow-marsh zones		525	Barker and Fulton (1979)
		Deep-marsh zones
			emergent	968	Barker and Fulton (1979)
			submergent	551	Barker and Fulton (1979)
		Typha glauca		2106	van der Valk and Davis 1978b
		Scirpus validus		602	van der Valk and Davis 1978b
		Scolochloa festucacea (dry zone)		80	Neckles 1984
		Scolochloa festucacea (wet zone)		110	Neckles 1984
		Potamogeton pectinatus		250	Anderson 1978
	Below ground biomass
		Typha glauca		1442	van der Valk and Davis 1978b
		Scirpus acutus		1870	van der Valk and Davis 1978b
		Phragmites australis		1565	van der Valk and Davis 1978b
Algae
		Metaphytic (biomass)		268	van der Valk (unpubl.)
		Epiphytic (production rate)		48.5	Hooper and Robinson 1976
		Epipelic (production rate)		300	Robinson pers. comm. cited in Murking (1989)

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