Number of archaeal cells on coral surface
|
Coral |
>10^7 |
archaea/cm^2 |
113022 |
Rosenberg E, Koren O... |
Population density of dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium in coral tissue
|
Coral |
~10^6 |
cells/cm^2 of coral tissue |
114525 |
Blackall LL, Wilson B... |
Fraction of the fixed carbon incorporated into coral skeletons that is accounted for by heterotrophy
|
Coral |
0 - 66 |
% |
114557 |
Houlbrèque F, Ferrier-Pagès... |
Fraction of carbon fixed by zooxanthella (algae) to symbiontic coral under poor nutrient conditions
|
Coral |
95 |
% |
104193 |
Ilana Berman-Frank and... |
Fraction of the energy requirement of the coral animal that is supplied by dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium
|
Coral |
≤~95 |
% of energy requirement |
114524 |
Blackall LL, Wilson B... |
Fraction of total nitrogen needs that are satisfied by endolithic community
|
Coral |
50 |
% |
113021 |
Rosenberg E, Koren O... |
Depth sea corals are limited to
|
Coral |
100 |
upper meters of tropical shorelines |
114537 |
Iluz D, Dubinsky Z. Coral... |
Abundance of bacteria in the mucus layer
|
Coral |
10^5-10^6 |
colony forming units (cfu)/ml |
113020 |
Rosenberg E, Koren O... |
Number of described Scelerantinian corals (stony corals or hard corals) as of 1999
|
Coral |
~1300 |
described scleractinian species |
114510 |
Blackall LL, Wilson B... |
Asexual generation (i.e. doubling) times of endosymbiont from Symbiodinium genus
|
Coral |
7 (3 - 74) |
days |
114526 |
Blackall LL, Wilson B... |
Fraction of daily metabolic requirements in healthy and bleached corals that are met by heterotrophy
|
Coral |
healthy corals 15 - 35: bleached corals ≤100 |
% |
114558 |
Houlbrèque F, Ferrier-Pagès... |
Summary of comparative diversity among animal taxa at various levels
|
Coral |
Table - link |
N/A |
114520 |
Blackall LL, Wilson B... |
Fraction of Pseudomonas spp. & Vibrio spp. out of all isolated bacteria from disease-free & bleached corals, respectively
|
Coral |
Pseudomonas spp. out of disease-free corals 13%: Vibrio spp. out of bleached corals 30% |
% |
113024 |
Rosenberg E, Koren O... |
Total area of coral reefs worldwide
|
Biosphere |
103320 |
km^2 |
100769 |
http://www.nationmas... |
Worldwide decline in coral population (in the period 1977-2007)
|
Biosphere |
~30 |
% |
113023 |
Rosenberg E, Koren O... |
Virus to microbe ratio (VMR) in Pacific and Atlantic coral reef samples
|
Biosphere |
25 - 2 |
VLPs (virus-like particles) per microbe |
114001 |
Knowles B et al., Lytic... |
Fraction of earth's upper oceans occupied by coral reefs and fraction of the globe's marine species they provide habitat for
|
Biosphere |
<0.1% of earth's upper oceans: ~25% of the globe's marine species |
% |
114509 |
Blackall LL, Wilson B... |
High- and low-light acclimation of zooxanthellae Stylophora pistillata
|
Dinoflagellates |
Table - link |
N/A |
114538 |
Iluz D, Dubinsky Z. Coral... |
Fraction of sponges within a community in which the presence of photosynthetic symbionts can occur
|
Sponges phylum Porifera |
≤85 |
% |
114511 |
Blackall LL, Wilson B... |
Fraction of global calcium carbonate production that calcification (formation of an external skeleton through the transformation of dissolved inorganic carbon, into calcium carbonate (CaCO3)) accounts for
|
Biosphere |
~15 |
% |
114508 |
Bertucci A et al., Carbonic... |