Coral Reef Ecology
Coral reef communities are among the most complex, mature and productive ecosystems on earth. Their activity resulted in the creation of vast lime constructions. Being extremely productive and having the function of a powerful biofilter, coral reefs play
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Yuri I. Sorokin
Coral Reef Ecology 1st edition 1993. 2nd printing 1995
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Professor Dr. Yuri 1. Sorokin Institute of Oceanology Academy of Sciences Krasnodar distr. 353470 Gelendzhik CIS Zoology Department University of Queensland Santa Lucia 4067 Queensland Australia
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Contents
Introduction .......................................... . 1
Reef Lime Constructions ...........................
4
1.1
Geological History, Features of Geomorphology ......
4
1.2
Biological Factors of Formation and Erosion .........
17
1.3
Bottom Sediments ................................
28
2
Reef Environments ................................
34
2.1 2.2 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.2.4 2.2.5
Hydrodynamics and Thermohaline Features of Reef Waters ................................... Nutrients ........................................ Ambient Concentration in Waters ................... Mechanisms of External Input of Nutrients .......... Nitrogen Fixation ................................. Dynamics of Nutrients ............................ Conclusion .......................................
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2.3
Organic Matter in Reef Waters ......................
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3
Plankton in Coral-Reef Waters ..................... .
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3.1
Bacterioplankton ................................. .
3.1.2 Bacte
