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Growth and form in the reef-building coral Montastrea annularis
| Title: | Growth and form in the reef-building coral Montastrea annularis. |
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| Name(s): |
Dustan, Phillip, creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1975 | |
| Publisher: | Springer-Verlag | |
| Extent: | 8 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3176687 (digitool), FADT3176687 (IID), fau:5846 (fedora), 10.1007/BF00390714 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
The in-situ growth rate of the reef coral Montastrea annularis on a reef at Jamaica, W. Indies was determined for a 1-year period using Alizarin Red-S staining techniques. Growth rate is correlated with water depth and growth form. The flattened growth form of M. annularis allows for continued rapid increase in colony surface area at low light intensities. The geomorphology of Jamaican reefs may in part be controlled by the population ecology of M. annularis. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Dustan, P. (1975). Growth and form in the reef-building coral Montastrea annularis. Marine Biology, 33(2), 101-107. doi:10.1007/BF00390714 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #42. |
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| Subject(s): |
Corals Reefs--Jamaica Montastrea |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3176687 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00390714 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1975 Springer-Verlag | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
