Status and prospectives of reseach on coral reef ecosystem primary production
珊瑚礁生态系统初级生产力研究进展

Coral reef ecosystems have the highest productivity and biodiversity among the marine ecosystems, despite being in the low nutrient environement. The primary producers include benthophyte, phyto-plankton, symbiotic algae and autotrophic bacteria. There are several methods for estimating primary production,each with its pros and cons.The one commonly used is the ~(14)C isotope method.The new production,as an important component of primary production,has received much attention recently.It can be estimated th...