MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Estimates of component primary production and respiration

Estimates of primary production and respiration of three representative components of the Moorea coral reef ecosystem are made yearly in a laboratory flume. The components are: algal turfs communities, the macroalga Sargassum mangarevense, and the common branching coral Pocillopora verrucosa. Metabo...

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Other Authors: VincentMoriarty
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: 2011
Subjects:
French Polynesia
Moorea
macroalgae
algal turf
Pocillopora
Sargassum
flume
Dissolved oxygen
Respiration
Primary production
Coral Reefs
Time Series Program
Ocean Acidification
Ocean acidification
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.17646
http://metacat.lternet.edu/knb/metacat/knb-lter-mcr.19.7/xml
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Summary:Estimates of primary production and respiration of three representative components of the Moorea coral reef ecosystem are made yearly in a laboratory flume. The components are: algal turfs communities, the macroalga Sargassum mangarevense, and the common branching coral Pocillopora verrucosa. Metabolism estimates are made using changes in dissolved oxygen over time in a flume in unidirectional flow at saturating irradiances. Rates are normalized to projected (planar) surface area (all components) and biomass (algal turfs, Sargassum).

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