464
Subject Index
Holocene transgression 9
high latitude reefs 281
hurricanes impact 401
ichthyofauna
biomass 225
"chaos" and "order' theories 222
communities of 221
density 226
origin 215
taxonomy 219
labile organic matter
excretion by corals 70
feeding with 72, 355
stock of 66, 67
macrophytes
- biomass 155
- distribution 151
management 424
mangroves 159
marine snow 72, 82
meiobenthos 212
benthic 136
- periphytonic 141
- planktonic 92
microheterotrophs
ciliates in sand 207
- ciliates in plankton 121
- zooflagellates 120
modelling 392
molluscs
boring 169, 285
communities 162
corallovorous 164
predatory 163
mucus 72, 132, 324, 341, 405
mucus "nets" 342
nudibranchs 165
nutrients
standing stocks 47
- flows 52, 57
octo corals
biochemistry 322
distribution 258, 276, 279
feeding 360
photosynthesis 336
Oligochaetes 187
organic matter
dissolved 65, 72
in sediments 32
suspended 67, 70, 72
photosynthesis in corals
compensation point 316
- diurnal course 314
- light dependence 317
physical stress 405
red coralline algae 21, 138, 150, 151
redox potential 133
reefs classification 12
sciophylic corals 273
scleractinian corals
biomass 299
communities 259, 268, 280
deep water 274
dominating taxa 253
ecological adaptations 260, 273
feeding of 338
sea grasses 139, 155, 157
signa terra 419
siltation 274, 281
sponges
boring 180
filtration activity 174
symbiosis with algae 175
symbiosis with bacteria 176
sulfate reduction 134
symbiosis
in ascidians 202
in corals 275
in crabs 284
in fish 244
in foraminiferans 206
in molluscs 167
in sponges 176
terpenoids 323
tridacnid clams 167
wave stress 39, 44
zoantharians
biochemistry 323
- distribution 251, 277, 290
- photosynthesis 335
zonal structure
- of outer reef slope 13
- of windward reef flat 16
zoobenthos
biofiltering activity 166, 174, 186
biomass 211, 213
composition 171,178,210
econiches of 209
toxicity 210
variability 211
Zooplankton
- biomass 118