Figure 7: Distribution of nutrient uptake within the benthic community. | Scientific Reports

Figure 7: Distribution of nutrient uptake within the benthic community.

From: Nitrogen and phosphorus uptake rates of different species from a coral reef community after a nutrient pulse

Figure 7

(a) Biomass composition of the benthic community. (b) Distribution of total NH4+ uptake and (c) total PO43āˆ’ uptake from sediment plumes over the different species and functional groups in the benthic community. The graphs in (b,c) are based on a simple model that calculates the nutrient distribution from the measured nutrient uptake kinetics and standing biomass on the reef. Dictyota spp. is D. menstrualis at 5ā€‰m and D. pulchella at 20ā€‰m water depth.

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