Part 2 – coral reef ecology

Stages in Coral Reef Development – Three Basic Types of Coral Reefs

Download 2.09 Mb. Page 5/12 Date 03.03.2018 Size 2.09 Mb. #41955

Navigate this page:

• seamount

Stages in Coral Reef Development – Three Basic Types of Coral Reefs They begin with a brand new tropical island produced by an oceanic hot spot or at a plate boundary and gradually change through thousands of years from a fringing reef, to a barrier reef, to an atoll, and finally to an extinct reef as a seamount (an underwater mountain) or guyot (underwater mountain or seamount with a flat top) A patch reef is an isolated coral growth forming a small platform in a lagoon, barrier reef, or atoll Directory: sites -> default -> files -> uploaded files files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations files -> Nstructions for Acquiring Excess Equipment online, through the 1033 Program files -> Occupational health and safety files -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten Point Program files -> International programs roel profile files -> Fermi Questions a guide for Teachers, Students, and Event Supervisors Lloyd Abrams, Ph. D. DuPont Company, cr&D/ccas experimental Station Wilmington, de 19880 files -> Personal Information Name: Maha Al-Ammari Nationality: Saudi Relationship Status uploaded files -> Eighteen Century Irish Emigration to America Download 2.09 Mb. Share with your friends: