Wellington Gerard M
Marine Science Institute, University of California, 93106, Santa Barbara, Ca, USA.
Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, 93106, Santa Barbara, Ca, USA.
Oecologia. 1980 Dec;47(3):340-343. doi: 10.1007/BF00398527.
Aggressive interactions among reef corals involving direct interference through extracoelenteric digestion has previously been considered as a potential mechanism for the maintenance of high species diversity. In this report I show that induced development of sweeper tentacles can reverse initial digestive interactions. In the eastern Pacific these reversals contribute to resource monopolization by fast growing pocilloporid corals. This suggests that other mechanisms must account for the maintenance of local species diversity.
此前，珊瑚礁珊瑚之间通过腔外消化进行直接干扰的激烈相互作用被认为是维持高物种多样性的一种潜在机制。在本报告中，我表明清扫触手的诱导发育可以扭转最初的消化相互作用。在东太平洋，这些逆转有助于快速生长的鹿角珊瑚科珊瑚垄断资源。这表明，其他机制必定是维持当地物种多样性的原因。
