由 scleractinian 珊瑚的碳酸盐生产不仅维持珊瑚礁石生长,而且代表大气的二氧化碳的重要来源。在 Luhuitou fringing 礁石由 scleractinian 珊瑚在这糊碳酸盐生产, Sanya,海南岛,中国,与一个生态的基于普查的方法被调查。平均碳酸盐生产是 1.16 ± 0.55 kg · m −2 · −1 和 3.52 ± 1.32 kg · m −2 ·礁石上的 −1 公寓和礁石斜坡分别地,取决于珊瑚的作文和分发并且内部骨胳的生长的通用差别。响应很快增加的人的影响,珊瑚碳酸盐生产减少了由 80%89% 在这 fringing 礁石自从 1960 年代;作为结果,礁石生长率衰退了并且变得比海水平上升的率低。从侧面的扩展朝海的方向显著地推进 Luhuitou fringing 礁石愿望开关的开发到垂直生长,反映到强壮的人的简历似地球形状的过程在全球海水平上升的背景下面影响的珊瑚礁石的回答。另外,在珊瑚碳酸盐生产的减少从这 fringing 礁石减少了公司 2 版本。以后,角色由珊瑚礁石玩了,是可能的,特别 fringing 礁石,在海洋,在甚至,全球碳周期将被增加的人的影响修改或变弱。
Carbonate production by scleracUnian corals not only maintains coral reef growth, but also represents an important source of atmospheric carbon dioxide. In this paper the carbonate production by scleractinian corals at Luhuitou fringing reef, Sanya, Hainan Island, China, is investigated with an ecological census-based method. Averaged carbonate production is 1.16 ± 0.55 kg.m^-2.a^-1 and 3.52 ± 1.32 kg. m^-2. a^-1 on the reef flat and reef slope, respectively, depending on the composition and distribution of corals and the intergeneric difference of skeletal growth. In response to the rapidly increasing human impacts, coral carbonate production has decreased by 80%--89% at this fringing reef since the 1960s; as a result, the reef accretion rate declined and became lower than the rate of sea level rise. Further development of the Luhuitou fringing reef will switch significantly from lateral extension seawards to vertical growth, reflecting a response of coral reef bio-geomorphic process to strong human impacts under the background of global sea level rise. In addition, decrease in coral carbonate production reduced CO2 release from this fringing reef. In the future, it is likely that the role played by coral reefs, especially of fringing reefs, in the ocean and even in the global carbon cycle will be modified or weakened by the increasing human impacts.