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Guide to the dominant macroalgae of the stromatolite fringing reef complex,Highborne Cay, Bahamas
| Title: | Guide to the dominant macroalgae of the stromatolite fringing reef complex,Highborne Cay, Bahamas. |
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| Name(s): |
Littler, Diane S. Littler, Mark M. MacIntyre, I. G. Bowlin, E. Andres, M. S. Reid, R. P. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 2005 | |
| Publisher: | Smithsonian Institution Press | |
| Place of Publication: | Washington | |
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| Extent: | 26 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007100 (IID) | |
| Note(s): |
This is the first description of macroalgae documented from a stromatolite reef complex.
Because of the sediment stress conditions that promote the development of stromatolites
in this open marine environment, macroalgae are generally limited in species
diversity and are sparse except for the crustose coralline alga Neogoniolithon strictum,
which forms the elevated reef crest behind which the sediments and stromatolites accumulate.
At the 10 sites sampled, a total of 22 species were encountered, 10 Rhodophyta,
9 Chlorophyta, 2 Phaeophyta and 1 Cyanobacteria. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 1609 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Littler, D. S., Littler, M. M., MacIntyre, I. G., Bowlin, E., Andres, M. S., & Reid, R. P. (2005). Guide to the dominant macroalgae of the stromatolite fringing reef complex, Highborne Cay, Bahamas. Atoll Research Bulletin, 532, 67-92. |
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| Subject(s): |
Highbourn Cay (Bahamas) Stromatolites Coralline algae Reefs |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007100 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
