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Model Studies and Energy Budget in Reef Ecosystems
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Fig. 10.7. Generalized scheme of the energy flow (kcalm- 2 day-l) in coral reef
ecosystems; P production; numbers in squares energy of food ration of the subsequent
component of the food web; numbers in circles nonassimilated food; numbers in trapezia
nonconsumed production or the organic matter entering into the system from outside.
(After Sorokin 1986b)