Table 8.1.
Total content of organic carbon (Bt),
biomass of polyps (Bp)
and zooxanthellae (Bz)
in colonies of common corals of the GBR,
calculated per dry weight of colonies. (Data by Sorokin 1984b)
Species
of corals
Bo
Polyps
Zooxanthellae
mgCg- 1
Number
Bp'
Bp'
Bp/Bt
Number,
B"
B"
Bz/Bp,
of polyps
mgCsp. -1
mgCg- 1
%
10 3
/polyp
).IgC/polyp
).IgCg- 1
%
sp. g-1
Seriatopora hystrix
6
190
0.D15
2.8
46
25
0.5
95
3.4
Pocillopora damicornis
14
130
0.032
4.2
30
20
0.4
52
1.2
Stylophora pistillata
12
80
0.048
3.8
32
32
0.6
51
1.3
Acropora squamosa
25
110
0.065
7.2
29
56
1.1
117
1.6
Acropora formosa
19
35
0.073
2.6
13
42
0.8
28
1.1
Porites annae
32
75
0.040
3.0
9
30
0.6
47
1.6
Montipora erythraea
70
52
0.120
6.2
9
92
1.7
90
1.4
Cyphastrea seralia
26
20
0.42
8.4
32
163
3.4
68
0.8
Leptastrea transversa
13
6.6
0.60
4.0
30
320
6.7
44
1.1
Pavona cactus
22
10
0.65
6.5
30
206
4.7
47
0.7
Merulina ampliata
36
5
1.02
5.1
14
460
10.6
53
1.0
Gonippora sp.
62
11
1.15
12.6
20
260
5.2
57
0.5
Galaxea fascicularis
34
3.6
1.80
6.5
19
370
7.7
28
0.4
Echinopora lamellosa
23
2.2
4.50
9.9
43
1380
26.2
58
0.6
Favites abdita
16
0.6
6.85
4.1
26
2110
44.3
27
0.6
Symphilla sp.
44
0.25
45.2
11.3
25
14100
324.3
81
0.7
Fungia scutaria
35
0.10
145.0
14.5
41
51000
1173.0
117
0.9
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