CRYPTOFAUNAL COMMUNITIES OF CORAL REEFS

• 作 者: PAT HUTCHINGS
• 机 构: The Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
• 出 处: Acta Oceanologica Sinica
• 发表日期: 1986年04期
• 关键词: turnover productivity Island communities skeleton initially Queensland Australia

INTRODUCTION Cryptofaunal communities consist of the animals and plants living within dead coral.As a very large part of a coral reef is composed of dead coral,the biomasses of crypto-faunal communities on a reef must be significant.And as many of the cryptofaunal animalsreproduce at regular intervals,rates of turnover of the community are also high and thusare major contributors to the productivity of coral reefs.Grassle(1973)collected a 4.7

INTRODUCTION Cryptofaunal communities consist of the animals and plants living within dead coral. As a very large part of a coral reef is composed of dead coral, the biomasses of crypto-faunal communities on a reef must be significant. And as many of the cryptofaunal animals reproduce at regular intervals, rates of turnover of the community are also high and thus major contributors to the productivity of coral reefs. Grasss (1973) collected a 4.7