Observation record

ID: 256625

Species: Litophyton arboreum

Original species entered: 213038 (WoRMS)

Location: Socotra island, Yemen, Indian Ocean

Primary resource: Sorokin, Y. (1991) Biomass, metabolic rates and feeding of some common reef zoantharians and octocorals.

Contributor: Daniel Gomez Gras

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Measurements

• 336952

  Gross photosynthesis

  1675 (µg C g^-1 dry colony weight d^-1)

  Raw value

  Dark/light bottle method (Sorokin, 1984)
  
  
• 336954

  Dark respiration

  600 (µg C g^-1 dry colony weight d^-1)

  Raw value

  Dark/light bottle method (Sorokin, 1984)
  
  
• 336955

  Photosynthesis/respiration ratio (P/R)

  2.8 (x:y)

  Raw value

  Dark/light bottle method (Sorokin, 1984)
  
  
• 336951

  Gross photosynthesis

  123.00 (µg O2 g^-1 wet colony weight h^-1)

  Median

  Dark/light bottle method (Sorokin, 1984)
  
  
  102 - 144 (Range)
• 336953

  Dark respiration

  20.00 (µg O2 g^-1 wet colony weight h^-1)

  Median

  Dark/light bottle method (Sorokin, 1984)
  
  
  18 - 22 (Range)