Table
9.4. Gross photosynthesis (P,), net photosynthesis (Pn) and respiration M, in common corals, which inhabit the upper well-illuminated
zones
of the Heron I.
reefs (GBR); Bp and Bz -
biomass of polyps and zooxanthellae, IlgCg-1. (After Sorokin 1984a)
Coral
Wet
Gross photosynthesis
Pn,
Respiration
P/M,
weight of
Ilg C g-l
(day-I)
polyp,
Ilg O
2 g-l
Ilg C day-l
P/Bp,
P/Bz
day-l
Ilg O
2 g-l
Ilg C g-l
M/Bp,
mg Sp.-l
h- l
(ranges)
(P,)
%
h- l
(ranges) day-l (M,) 0/0
Acropora squamosa
0.7
35-58
184
2.3
1.4
72
10-28
112
1.6
1.5
Pocillopora damicornis
0.4
36-93
200
4.2
3.8
72
12-32
128
3.8
1.6
Stylophora pistillata
0.5
48-55
182
4.7
3.5
54
16-22
128
4.2
1.4
Seriatopora hystrix
0.2
29-67
227
8.1
2.3
87
14-22
140
6.3
1.6
Montipora erythraea
1.2
76-101
282
4.5
3.1
82
24-30
200
4.0
1.4
Porites lobata
0.7
21-46
100
2.0
4.0
22
9-12
78
1.9
1.3
Psammocora contigua
1.5
29-44
118
2.9
4.5
30
10-15
88
1.6
1.3
Cyphastrea seralia
5.0
21-29
127
1.5
1.9
31
9-13
96
1.3
1.3
Leptastrea transversa
6.0
28-39
110
2.4
2.5
39
10-13
71
1.6
1.5
Pavona cactus
7.0
12-49
150
3.0
3.2
73
10-15
77
1.9
1.9
Merulina ampliata
11.0
29-36
105
2.0
2.0
-1
13-18
106
1.9
1.0
Goniastrea pectinata
38.4
22-28
85
1.9
1.9
9
7-10
74
1.1
1.0
Echinopora lamellosa
45.0
29-39
110
1.8
1.8
32
9-11
78
1.4
1.4
Symphillia sp.
460.0
29-37
110
1.4
1.4
10
12-15
100
1.1
1.1
Fungia scutaria
2000.0
35-41
127
1.1
1.1
39
11-13
88
1.4
1.4
Tubastrea sp.
170.0
0
0
0
5-10
50
0.3
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