SYSTEMATIC VARIATIONS IN THE DEPTH OF SKELETON OCCUPIED BY CORAL TISSUE IN MASSIVE COLONIES OF PORITES FROM THE GREAT-BARRIER-REEF
SYSTEMATIC VARIATIONS IN THE DEPTH OF SKELETON OCCUPIED BY CORAL TISSUE IN MASSIVE COLONIES OF PORITES FROM THE GREAT-BARRIER-REEF
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DOI：
10.1016/0022-0981(92)90261-8
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发表时间：
1992-01-01
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2
通讯作者：
LOUGH, JM
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作者：
BARNES, DJ;LOUGH, JM
在沿着沿着大堡礁的46个珊瑚礁的284个巨大的滨珊瑚群中，测量了骨骼被组织占据的深度。这些菌落的高度从42毫米到8米不等。平均组织层厚度为5.43 ± 1.48 mm（范围2.13-10.20 mm）。组织层的厚度不随物种而变化。除了最小的菌落外，所有菌落的组织层从顶点到侧面变薄。它的厚度也随着菌落大小的增加而增加，并且在收集菌落的位置之间变化。在数据集中，组织厚度的季节性和年与年之间的变化无法充分分离。尽管某些结果的性质模棱两可，但该研究清楚地确定了在未来旨在测试组织层厚度变化来源的实验设计中必须考虑的因素。由组织层占据的骨骼深度的系统变化对于理解密度带的发展非常重要，也可以提供珊瑚和珊瑚礁的健康和性能的简单测量。
The depth of skeleton occupied by tissue was measured in 284 colonies of massive Porites from 46 reefs along the length of the Great Barrier Reef. These colonies ranged in height from 42 mm to 8 m. Average tissue layer thickness was 5.43 +/- 1.48 mm (range 2.13-10.20 mm). The thickness of the tissue layer did not vary with species. The tissue layer thinned from the summit to the sides of all but the smallest colonies. It also increased in thickness with increasing colony size and varied between location at which colonies were collected. Seasonal and year-to-year variations in tissue thickness could not be adequately separated within the data set. Despite the equivocal nature of some results, the study clearly identifies factors which must be considered in future experimental designs aimed at testing sources of variation in tissue layer thickness. Systematic variations in the depth of skeleton occupied by the tissue layer are important to understanding the development of density banding and may also provide a simple measure of the health and performance of corals and coral reefs.