Organic Matter Source Altamaha R. Chesapeake Bay Columbia R. Duplin R. Graveline Marsh Horn Island Plum Island Sound Ria Formosa Sippewisset Marsh Childs R. Phytoplankton 11000000000 3200000000000 43000000000 470000000 280000000 820000000000 2900000000 3000000000 15000000 74000000 Microalgae 500000000 0 1500000000 2100000000 270000000 71000000000 5300000000 0 10000000 0 Macroalgae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 210000000 Salt Marsh 5500000000 40000000000 0 7600000000 5100000000 140000000000 15000000000 16000000000 67000000000 1700000 Fresh Marsh 2300000000 0 11000000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tidal Forest 15000000000 0 0 0 0 430000000000 0 0 0 0 Sea Grass 0 50000000000 0 0 0 6200000000 0 2600000000 0 0 Terrestrial 130000000000 150000000000 210000000000 trace 11000000 0 2400000000 0 29000000 ND CARBON ECONOMY Macrophytes Marsh 14 1.2 4 74 90 10 59 70 55 1 Sea Grass 1.5 <1 11 Swamp 29 Algae Phytoplankton 6 93 16 5 4.9 56 11 13 13 26 Epibenthic <1 1 20 4.8 4.6 21 8 Macroalgae 6 73 Watershed Terrestrial 79 4.3 79 1 0.3 9 24 NITROGEN ECONOMY Macrophytes Marsh 5 0.2 1 29 42.4 2 19 32.9 12 Sea Grass 0.2 <1 5.3 Swamp 6 Algae Phytoplankton 18 97.7 20 13 16.5 85 26 43.3 28 26 Epibenthic <1 1 57 41 7 48 20 Macroalgae 18.4 74 Watershed Terrestrial 76 1.9 78 1 0.1 7 0.1 40