Table 9.18. Rates of nutrition of two zoantharian species and one scleractinian coral (for comparison) on various sources of food. For
designations see Table 9.13; Pt - gross photosynthesis; Pt, A and Mt values are given as !lgCg-1h- 1
. (Data by Sorokin 1984b)
Taxa of zoantharians
Mt
Photosynthsis
Heterotrophic nutrition
and coral
Pt
Pt/Mt
on nauplii
on algae (marine
on bacterioonDOM
Chlorella)
plankton
A
A/Mt
A
A/Mt
A
A/Mt
A
A/Mt
Zoathus sociatus
5750
5330
0.9
3750
65
372
6.4
370
6.4
176
3.0
Palythoa tuberculosa
200
204
1.0
176
86
14.4
7.2
36
19.4
23
11.5
Pocillopora damicornis
138
190
1.4
155
113
1.3
1.0
35
25.0
22
16.0
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