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生物多样性 　第 7 卷 ,第 3 期 ,1999 年 8 月 CHIN ESE BIODIV ERSIT Y　7 (3) :202～207 , August , 1999 Community structure dynamics of the hermatypic corals on Luhuitou fringing reef , Hainan , China. II. species diversity YU DEN GPAN 　　ZOU RENL IN South China Sea Institute of Oceanology , the Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou 510301 , China Abstract : Patterns of community structure , in terms of total number of species , percentage of coral cover , species diversity and evenness , of the hermatypic corals on Luhuitou fringing reef were analyzed on the temporal scale of successional phases and the spatial scales of habitats. Temporal variation of species diversity in the mid and the deepzone declined during succession , while the shallow zone did not. There is no indication that coral assemblages in different habitats become more similar over time as corals grow ; each successional period showed significant be tweenhabitat variability in the pattern of species diversity. Key words : community structure ,dynamics ,species diversity , hermatypic corals , Luhuitou fringing reef Introduction This is a subsequent paper of the study on the community structure of the hermatypic corals on Luhuitou fringing reef during succession. Sampling methods and data sets used have been de scribed in a previous paper of this study. Methods of data analysis The selected data sets for each zonesuccessional period were characterized using the following variables : ( 1) total number of species ; (2) percent coral cover ; ( )