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Carbonate sediment production by the rock-boring urchin Echinometra lucunter and associated endolithic infauna at Black Rock, Little Bahama Bank
| Title: | Carbonate sediment production by the rock-boring urchin Echinometra lucunter and associated endolithic infauna at Black Rock, Little Bahama Bank. |
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| Name(s): |
Hoskin, Charles M., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1985 | |
| Publisher: | U. S. Department of Commerce | |
| Extent: | 15 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3177146 (digitool), FADT3177146 (IID), fau:5889 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
Bioerosion by the urchin Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus) has been studied previously in Barbados (McLean, 1967), Bermuda (Hunt, 1969), and the Virgin Islands (Ogden, 1977). Another species, E. mathaei, has been studied in Persian Gulf reefs by Shinn (p. 39, in Hughes Clarke and Keij, 1973) and Enewetak (Russo, 1980). The purposes of this study are to determine the rate of sediment production and cavity formation by E. lucunter using a new method, to characterize the size distribution of the particles produced, and to compare these data with the rate of production and size of particles produced by the rock-boring infauna closely associated with the urchin bore holes. This article may be cited as: Hoskin, C. M. (1985). Carbonate sediment production by the rock-boring urchin Echinometra lucunter and associated endolithic infauna at Black Rock, Little Bahama Bank. In M.L. Reaka (Ed.), The ecology of coral reefs: Results of a workshop on coral reef ecology held by the American Society of Zoologists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 1985, 3(1), 151-161. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Office of Undersea Research. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #390. |
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| Subject(s): |
Coral reef ecology Echinometra lucunter Erosion |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3177146 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1985 U. S. Department of Commerce | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
