Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Coral Reefs : Conducted by the Great Barrier Reef Committee, on Board the M. V. Marco Polo, Cruising in the Water of the Great Barrier Reef Province, Australia, 22nd June to 2nd July 1973, Volume 2Great Barrier Reef Committee, 1974 - Coral reef biology |
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abundant Acropora algal aragonite Atoll Barrier Reef Barrier Reef Committee beachrock bioerosion biotopes boring calcification calcium carbonate cavities cemented cent coarse coast colonies coral growth coral reefs coralline algae coralliths deposition depth diameter Diploria distribution ecological encrusting Eniwetok environment erosion factors Favia Favites Figure formation fringing reefs Funafuti Fungia Geol geological Goniastrea Goreau growth forms growth rate hermatypic Heron Island isotopic lagoon layer living margin material ments metres microstructure Millepora Montastrea annularis Montipora observed organisms outer patch reefs pattern Pavona planulae Pleistocene Pocillopora polyps Porites Porites astreoides present Princess Charlotte Bay Queensland reef corals reef flat rock rubble samples sand scleractinian scleractinian corals sea level seaward Second International Coral sedi sediment septa septum shallow shore skeletal slope species specimens storm beach structure substrate surface terrace terrigenous tion trabeculae tufts variations wave x-radiographs zonation zone zooxanthellae