Quality and quantity of particulate organic Carbon in a coral reef at Tioman Island, Malaysia

Nakajima .R, and Yoshida .T, and Shibata .A, and Othman .B.H.R, and Toda .T, (2011) Quality and quantity of particulate organic Carbon in a coral reef at Tioman Island, Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 40 (12). pp. 1375-1382. ISSN 0126-6039

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Abstract

The quality and quantity of particulate organic carbon (POC) were investigated in a fringing coral reef of Tioman Island, Malaysia to better understand the food sources for reef meso-zooplankton. Phytoplankton biomass in the water column was on average 0.22 (± 0.07) mg Chl-a m-3, of which picophytoplankton was the most important (size <3 μm, 50-70% of the total Chl-a). The proportion of C biomass by phytoplankton and other plankton to particulate organic carbon (POC) was low (6% and 5%, respectively) and the major portion of POC was occupied by detritus (89%), suggesting that the diet of particle-feeding or suspension feeding meso-zooplankton would chiefly consist of detritus.

Item Type:Article
Keywords:Detritus; food; phytoplankton; POC; zooplankton
Journal:Sains Malaysiana
ID Code:3138
Deposited By: Mr Azam
Deposited On:23 Nov 2011 07:42
Last Modified:14 Dec 2016 06:33

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