Table 9.6.
Total photosynthesis (P,) and respiration (M,)
in common species of symbiotic zoantharians and octocorals of the Indo-Pacific reefs;
w
w
Bp -
biomass of polyps, IlgC sp. -I. (Data by Sorokin 1990a)
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Groups
Species
%
dry weight
Ilg O
2 g-I wet
Ilg
C g- ldry
P,/M,
M,lBp,%
in colony
weight of colony per
weight of colony
hour (ranges)
per day
P,
M,
P,
M,
Zoantharians
Zoanthus sociatus
18
134-214
60-92
3230
3070
1.1
0.76
Palythoa tuberculosa
45
18-29
8-12
190
160
1.2
1.95
Alcyonacean octocorals
Lemnalia rhabdota
15
32-43
5-12
887
391
2.3
1.26
Paralemnalia digiti/ormis
16
40-48
7-13
891
442
2.0
1.13
Paralemnalia clavata
14
35-53
8-15
979
550
1.8
1.62
Cap nella sp.
44
16-22
3-6
158
71
2.2
0.33
Cladiella humesi
18
45-58
8-10
1052
360
2.9
0.87
Sinularia hirta
36
41-56
7-13
455
191
2.4
0.51
Sinularia densa
32
34-45
5-11
500
240
2.1
0.58
Sinularia sp.
38
51-75
19-29
600
250
2.6
0.48
Sarcophyton glaucum
28
41-53
12-21
660
420
1.4
0.52
Lithophyton arboreum
24
102-144
18-22
1675
600
2.8
3.61
Alcyonium malle
15
120-157
46-79
3730
4860
0.8
3.03
Lobophytum paucifiorum
39
50-69
18-30
550
416
1.3
1.30
Xenia elongata
9
10-18
5-11
660
554
1.2
0.80
Gorgonacean octocorals
Isis hippurus
38
60-83
15-24
744
312
2.4
0.60
Rumphella aggregata
31
51-68
12-19
667
456
1.5
0.67
Hicksoniella princeps
28
96-126
23-41
1520
920
1.7
1.76
Stoloniferan
Tubipora musica
48
20-36
7-12
214
150
1.5
1.20
Scleractinian
Stylophora pistillata
76
35-61
12-19
195
190
1.0
2.80
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