Table 4.9. Number (N) and biomass (B) of bacteria and the metabolic rates in periphytonic turfs over dead coral heads and rubble at reefs of
Vietnam; data are given per 1 g of scraped material. (After Sorokin 1978b)
Region
Site
Bacteria
Photosynthesis
Respiration
PIM
N,
B,
Ilg 0
zg- 1
gCm-Zday-l
Ilg 0
zg- 1
gCm-Zday-l
104 g-l
mgCg- 1
h- 1
(P)
h- 1
(M)
Continental
Hon-Ke I.,
fringing reef
4.5
0.27
75.7
2.06
12.0
0.86
2.4
Vietnam
Van-Fong bay, fringing reef
2.8
0.45
37.2
1.26
23.0
2.07
0.6
Vung-Ro bay, fringing reef
1.1
0.26
105.9
1.80
20.2
0.90
2.0
South China
Sinton atoll, reef flat
0.6
0.08
148.5
3.03
38.8
2.02
1.5
Sea
Spratley I.,
outer slope
0.5
0.06
131.2
2.23
7.3
0.33
6.8
Thu I.,
fringing reef
0.6
0.09
36.1
0.57
4.6
0.21
2.7
Sud I.,
fringing reef
0.8
0.05
149.0
3.58
31.5
1.96
1.8
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