Table
3.26. Ranges of number and biomass of main groups of microplankton in reef areas of some islands in the Indian Ocean and in the Gulf
of Siam. (After Kopylov 1985; Moiseev 1985)
Place
Reef zone
Range of Nanoheterotrophs
Ciliates
Multicellular
Total
depths at
micrzooplankton
microzooplankton
stations
Number Biomass Number Biomass
biomass
(mgm- 3
)
(m)
10 3
1- 1
(mgm- 3
)
103 1- 1
(mgm- 3
)
Number
Biomass
sp 1-1
(mgm- 3
)
Gubbet-Kallansia Bay Coastal patch reef
1-2
130-350
2-10
0.1-1.0
3-35
10-34
2-7
7-53
(Socotra)
Seaward, outside
24-26
220-370
3-12
1.2-1.8 16-52
17-42
3-9
31-65
the reef
St. Anne's Bay,
Patch reefs
2-7
200-400
6-8
1.0-2.0 75-100
14-96
7-17
90-135
Praslin
I.
(Seychelles)
North reef, Koetivi I. Leeward reef
3-14
120-180
1-13
0.8-1.0 30-40
1-30
0.2-6
37-44
(Seychelles)
Coco I. reef,
Leeward reef
1-6
2-180
1-9
0.8-1.0 30-40
1-2
0.4
30-42
Kargados- Karahos
I.
South reef, Chuong I.
Flat and reef edge
1-8
260-550 20-38
0.3-0.5
11-170
47-208
(Namsu I.)
Western reef,
Reef edge and
3-10
136-280
7-22
0.3-0.4 10-21
27-45
Mongtai I.
slope
(Namsu I.)
N
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W