Corals and Coral Communities of Arabia |
Contents
Introduction | 5 |
Coral communities in the Arabian region | 17 |
Detailed depth analysis on a single reef | 23 |
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Acanthastrea Acropora Alveopora Arabian distribution Arabian region Arabian Sea areas Bahrain branches calices CALIFORNIA central Red Sea cerioid clear water colonies columella common coral communities coralla corallites costae Cycloseris Cyphastrea Dana deep Dendrophyllia Depths Dhofar DIEGO UNIVERSITY distinguished diversity Echinopora Edwards & Haime Ehrenberg encrusting ERSITY Favia faviid Favites figs foliaceous fringing reef Fungia Danafungia Galaxea genus Goniastrea Goniopora Gulf and Arabian Gulf of Aden Gulf of Aqaba habitat and abundance hemprichii Indian Ocean Jeddah Lamarck Leptastrea Leptoseris LIBRARY Lobophyllia massive meandroid Montastrea Montipora Musandam occur patch reefs Pavona plate Platygyra Pocillopora polyps Porites Psammocora radial corallites records reef crest reef flats reef slopes SAN DIEGO Scheer & Pillai Sea and Arabian Sea and Gulf sedimented septa Seriatopora shallow water sheltered SHEPPARD similar southern Red Sea species specimens substrate thick Tubastraea turbid Turbinaria UNIV upwelling usually Veron & Pichon Veron & Wallace walls Yanbu