Table 10.5. Parameters of metabolism in basic bottom plant and symbiotic associations of the Cura"ao reefs. For designations see Table 14.3.
(Data by Vooren 1981)
Parameters of
metabolism
P"g02m-2h-l; midday
P
n ,g02
m-2h- 1
M"g02
m-2h- 1
P"gCm- 2
day-1
M"gCm- 2
day-1
P
n ,gCm- 2
day-1
P,/M, (day-I)
Integral values for
the whole reef"
1.37
0.75
0.62
7.2
8.4
-1.2
0.9
Associations
Coralline algae (Neogoniolithon)
1.07
0.87
0.20
3.8
1.8
2.0
2.1
a
Estimated after measurements of diurnal O
2 fluctuations in water over the reef.
Red thallomic algae
(Wurdemannia, Gelidium)
1.26
1.0
0.26
6.0
2.3
3.7
2.2
Coral sands (diatoms,
foraminifera)
0.33
0.27
0.06
1.1
0.5
0.6
2.2
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