Table
8.4. Content of photosynthetic pigments in zooxanthellae of corals taken from illuminated (I)
and shadowed (sh) habitats, Ilgg- 1
(Data
by Zvalinski et al. (1980); Titlyanov et al. (1980))
Corals
Chlorophyll
a
Chlorophyll c
Piridinine
B-carotene
Dinoxanthine
sh
sh
sh
sh
sh
Pocillopora verrucosa
5.5
7.0
2.1
2.7
1.3
2.3
0.15
0.13
0.41
0.51
Stylophora mordax
4.8
6.8
1.8
2.3
1.4
2.3
0.14
0.18
0.48
0.78
Porites nigrescens
5.4
6.7
2.2
2.5
1.1
1.8
0.10
0.15
0.47
0.51
Acropora hyacinth us
6.2
9.6
2.3
4.1
2.7
3.8
0.20
0.3
0.60
0.70
Pocil/opora elegans
7.2
24.5
2.6
7.2
4.1
11.4
1.00
0.4
1.9
2.50
Acropora prostrata
18.9
34.4
7.9
12.3
7.1
12.3
2.00
1.5
1.9
3.20
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