REEF PROCESSES 



175 



TABLE 1 (cont'd) 



Characteristic 



Quantitative 

 estimate 



Reference 



Shallow-growing 

 (sunny and overcast days) 



Deep-growing 

 (sunny and overcast days) 



Gross P required for R, individual 

 coral colonies 



Kinetic parameters 

 Light response in coral 

 Pavora praetorta • 



Maximum rate, gross P (Pm^x) 

 Light level for half-saturated 

 net P (K„) 



NO 3~ uptake in coral PociUopora 



Maximum uptake rate (V„^) 

 Half-saturation constant (KJ 

 Threshold \NOf] for 

 uptake to occur 



NH 4" uptake in corals 



(several spp.) 

 Diffusion 

 Active transport 



V 



' max 



K. 



Reactive phosphorus uptake 

 in corals 

 V 



Primary producer biomass 

 Primary consumer biomass 

 Carnivore biomass 

 Herbivore:producer ratio 

 Camtvore:herbivore ratio 



1 79, 1.44 



1.81, 1.50 



Wethey and Porter, 1976b 



Highsmith, 1979 



Highsmith, 1979 



Wethey and Porter, 1976b 



8.74 to 12.25 mg O2 • mg chl a ' h ' 

 0.26 to 0.63 Em"^h' 



D'Elia and Webb, 1977 



5.69 ngatoms • mg-atom N ' min ' 

 249 ngatoms 1"' 

 57 ng-atoms F' 



Muscatine and D'Elia, 1978 



0.52 to 0.93 1 • mgchla"'h"' 



1.64 to 5.26 fimol • mg chl a"' h^' 

 0.29 to 1.05 Mgatoms 1"' 



293 ngatoms • mg chl a ' h 

 377 ngatoms P' 



703 g dry wt m"^ 

 132 g dry wt m"^ 

 11 g dry wt m"^ 

 18.9% 

 8.3% 



D'Elia, 1977 



Odum and Odum, 1955 

 Odum and Odum, 1955 

 Odum and Odum, 1955 

 Odum and Odum, 1955 

 Odum and Odum, 1955 



(This table continued on next page.) 



