Reef ecosystems

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Capone, D. G. (1996). Coral reef ecosystems in the context of the marine nitrogen cycle. In Current Trends in Marine Botanical Research in the East African Region (Bjork, M., Semesi, A. K., Pederson, M., and Bergman, B., eds.). SIDA, Marine Science Program, SAP-EC, Uppsala, Sweden, pp. 61-76. 

Yamamuro, M., Kayanne, H., and Minagawa, M. (1995). Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotopes of Primary Producers in Coral-Reef Ecosystems. Limnol. Oceanogr. 40, 617-621. 

Barile, P. J., and LaPointe, B. E. (2005). Atmospheric nitrogen deposition from a remote source enriches macroalgae in coral reef ecosystems near Green Turtle Cay, Abacos, Bahamas. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 50(11), 1262-1272. 

Erez, J. (1990). On the importance of food sources in coral reef ecosystems. In Coral Reefs (Dubinsky, Z., ed.). Elsevier, Amsterdam. Ecosystems of the World, Vol. 25, pp. 411—417. 

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Wild, C., Huettel, M., Klueter, A., Kretnb, S. G., Rasheed, M. Y. M., andjorgensen, B. B. (2004a). Coral mucus functions as an energy carrier and particle trap in the reef ecosystem. Nature 428, 66-70. 

Kiessling W. (2002) Secular variations in the Phanerozoic reef ecosystem. SEPM Spec. Publ. 72, 625-690. 

Iodine is a basic nutrient compound in the ocean. Iodate (I03) is the oxidized form and abundant in ocean. Iodate is removed by plants, iodide 1 is released and oxidizes chemically and bacterially to iodate. The biogeochemical cycle has not been studied in reef ecosystems, but we believe it will be one of the most interesting. It appears iodate can be removed from the water column by reef communities very rapidly and has rate constants similar to nitrate (Atkinson,... 

All biogeochemical reactions found in pelagic ecosystems are also found in coral reef ecosystems. 

Atkinson, M.J. and Grigg, R.W. (1984) Model of a coral reef ecosystem II. Gross and net benthic primary production at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. Coral Reefs, 3, 13-22. 

D Elia, C. and Wiebe, W. (1990) Biogeochemical nutrient cycles in coral reef ecosystems, in Coral Reefs Ecosystems of the World Series (ed. Z. Dubinsky), Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, pp. 49-74. 

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