Bacterio Plankton
79
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I
JIlIl
'I1l1l
~-8b
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1m- P o
21l1l
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Il
ollll
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Fig. 3.2. Diurnal changes of the bacterioplankton biomass (Bb) and its production per
day (Pb)' both in mgm - 3 , in waters over different reef zones depending upon phases of
the tide ; F reef fiat; R patch reefs ; I Scott reef, Timor Sea; II Koetivi I. , Seychelles. (Data
by the author)
reef waters usually comprises 1O-30mgCm- 2 day-l (cf. Sect. 3.2.2). Higher
microbial production was recorded most often in waters with higher
biomass, e.g., up the reefs abundant in living corals, such as the atolls and
ring reefs Majuro, Butaritari, Heron, or the barrier reefs off New Guinea or
off the Great Barrier Reef (Tables 3.1, 3.3) . On reefs with weak coral
growth the microbial production in the water column was low (Sorokin
1986). At the cross sections the maxima of microbial production were
usually observed in waters of shallow lagoons, up the lagoonal patch reefs,
79
S/1
I
JIlIl
'I1l1l
~-8b
.J1l1l
1m- P o
21l1l
lllll
Il
ollll
o
Fig. 3.2. Diurnal changes of the bacterioplankton biomass (Bb) and its production per
day (Pb)' both in mgm - 3 , in waters over different reef zones depending upon phases of
the tide ; F reef fiat; R patch reefs ; I Scott reef, Timor Sea; II Koetivi I. , Seychelles. (Data
by the author)
reef waters usually comprises 1O-30mgCm- 2 day-l (cf. Sect. 3.2.2). Higher
microbial production was recorded most often in waters with higher
biomass, e.g., up the reefs abundant in living corals, such as the atolls and
ring reefs Majuro, Butaritari, Heron, or the barrier reefs off New Guinea or
off the Great Barrier Reef (Tables 3.1, 3.3) . On reefs with weak coral
growth the microbial production in the water column was low (Sorokin
1986). At the cross sections the maxima of microbial production were
usually observed in waters of shallow lagoons, up the lagoonal patch reefs,