Science. 1985 Jan 4;227(4682):57-9. doi: 10.1126/science.227.4682.57.
The discovery of abundant autotrophic macrophytes living below 200 meters indicates their importance to primary productivity, food webs, sedimentary processes, and as reef builders in clear oceanic waters. Estimates concerning minimum light levels for macroalgal photosynthesis and macrophytic contributions to the biology and geology of tropical insular and continental borderlands must now be revised.
大量自养大型海藻在 200 米以下生活的发现表明，它们对初级生产力、食物网、沉积过程以及作为清澈海洋水域中的造礁生物具有重要意义。关于大型海藻光合作用的最低光水平和大型海藻对热带岛屿和大陆边缘区生物和地质的贡献的估计现在必须加以修正。
