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Living stromatolites, built by the cyanobacterium Schizothrix gebeleinii, form enduring modern reef structures

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Date Issued:
2001
Title: Living stromatolites, built by the cyanobacterium Schizothrix gebeleinii, form enduring modern reef structures.
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Name(s): Littler, Mark M., creator
Littler, Diane S., creator
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 2001
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Extent: 2 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 2783216 (digitool), FADT2783216 (IID), fau:5517 (fedora), 10.1007/PL00006960 (doi)
Note(s): High-relief stromatolites are subsequently occupied by algae, invertebrates and fishes, until migrating sand-wave burial eliminates these colonizers and rejuvenates the S. gebeleinii accretion process.
This manuscript is a version of an article with the final publication found online at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Littler, M. M. and D. S. Littler (2001) Living stromatolites, built by the cyanobacterium Schizothrix gebeleinii, form enduring modern reef structures, Coral Reefs 19:258 DOI: 10.1007/PL00006960
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1376.
Subject(s): Stromatolites
Coral reef --ecology
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2783216
Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/PL00006960
Restrictions on Access: ©2001 Springer-Verlag.
Host Institution: FAU