Table 1. Individual primary production and respiration rates measured for all dominant benthic primary producers in a Caribbean reef lagoon (Puerto Morelos, Mexico).
| Functional group | Genus | Pg | R | Pn | 2D:3D | n |
| (mmol O2 m−2 specimen area d−1) | ||||||
| Seagrasses | Syringodium | 24±9 | 15±9 | 11±8 | 80.5±7.3 | 6 |
| Thalassia | 13±3 | 11±5 | 4±2 | 46.3±3.5 | 6 | |
| Mean | 18±9 | 13±7 | 8±7 | |||
| Macroalgae | ||||||
| Green algae | Halimeda | 75±9 | 32±9 | 42±9 | 13.3±3.7 | 6 |
| Avrainvillea | 52±5 | 25±5 | 27±5 | 14.0±2.2 | 6 | |
| Mean | 63±14 | 29±8 | 35±11 | |||
| Brown algae | Lobophora | 40±7 | 17±3 | 23±7 | 2.5±0.1 | 6 |
| Red algae | unidentified | 182±31 | 89±25 | 93±31 | 1.3±0.1 | 6 |
| Mean | 87±60 | 41±32 | 46±33 | |||
| Microphytobenthos | unidentified | 46±10 | 34±8 | 16±10 | 1.0 | 6 |
| Scleractinian corals | Manicina | 91±10 | 79±29 | 12±10 | 1.6±0.1 | 6 |
| Porites | 81±13 | 72±10 | 16±9 | 2.3±0.1 | 6 | |
| Mean | 86±12 | 74±19 | 14±9 | |||
g, R and Pn are given as mean±SD, 2D:3D factors as mean±SE. Abbreviations: Pg = gross primary production, Pn = net primary production, R = respiration, n = number of replicates. Values for P