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CORAL REEFS
卷 26, 期 2, 页码 413-421出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-007-0211-4
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coral reefs; rubble; picoplankton uptake; water flow; sponges; cryptic fauna
In previous experiments, rates of picoplankton uptake into coral communities were controlled by sponge and ascidian biomass. Those experimental communities, however, had relatively few sponges and ascidians. In contrast, turbulent transport of particles into the momentum boundary layers can limit particle removal by layered, dense bivalve populations. In this study, the role of water velocity in controlling particulate nutrient-uptake by rubble communities was evaluated, in which the rubble was more completely covered by sponges and ascidians. Picoplankton uptake was proportional to concentration over a range of cell concentrations from 3.0 x 10(5) to 9.5 x 10(5) heterotrophic bacteria ml(-1,) 4.1 x 10(4) to 1.2 x 10(5) Synechococcus sp. ml(-1) and 6.3 x 10(3) to 1.8 x 10(4) picoeukaryotes ml(-1). The first-order uptake rate constants, normalized to sponge and ascidian biomass, were similar to previous experimental communities. Picoplankton uptake increased 1.6-fold over a 7-fold change in water velocity, 0.05-0.35 m s(-1). This increase has been interpreted as a result of higher turbulent transport within the rough coral community (canopy), as indicated by a 1.6-fold increase in the bottom friction with increasing water velocity.
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