Acute Sedimentation Causes Size-Specific Mortality and Asexual Budding in the Mushroom Coral Fungia fungites

Field experiments investigated the effect of acute sedimentation on polyp injury, mortality and bud production, in the mushroom coral Fungia fungites in the Dampier Archipelago. Small (3-5 cm), medium (8-12 cm), and large (15-20 cm) polyps were covered with a layer of sediment in low (2 mm), medium (5 mm) and high (10 mm) treatments, every two days for 20 days.本野外实验探究了急性沉积作用对丹皮尔群岛（Dampier Archipelago）蕈珊瑚（Fungia fungites）的息肉损伤、死亡率及出芽繁殖的影响。将尺寸分为小（3~5 cm）、中（8~12 cm）及大（15~20 cm）的息肉分别置于低（2 mm）、中（5 mm）、高（10 mm）三个沉积物厚度处理组中，每两天覆盖一次沉积物，持续20天。