Fossil Scleractinian Corals from James Ross Basin, Antarctica
... coral mound from the Danian limestones of Fakse : 1 ) bryozoan ; 2 ) coral ( includes Dendrophyllia cande- labrum , Faksephyllia faxoensis and Oculina becki sub- facies and their intergradations ) ; and 3 ) transitional ( bryozoan - coral ) ...
Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition
... Coral Reefs 23 : 225-233 Dinsdale EA , Rohwer F ( 2010 ) Fish or germs ? Microbial dynamics associated with changing trophic structures on coral reefs . In : Dubinsky Z , Stambler N ( eds ) Coral reefs : an ecosystem in transi- tion ...
Pacific Nations and Territories
... coral polyp , which together with certain types of algae , mol- lusks , and other life forms , creates coral reefs . The coral polyp is an animal . Most individual coral polyps are very small , but coral polyps can form huge colonies ...
Conservation Biology
... Coral. Reef. Ecosystems. Coral reefs have been called the tropical rainforests of the oceans. Worldwide over 600 species of coral contribute to this remarkable habitat, and individual reefs may harbor up to 400 species of coral, 1,500 ...
On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs
... coral reefs . The structure of the coral in the conglomerate has generally been much obscured by the infiltration of spathose calcareous matter ; and I collected a very interesting series , beginning with fragments of unaltered coral ...
Heritage Auction Galleries Presents the Maria Elena Collection of Buddy Holly Memorabilia Auction Catalog
... Coral 62329 ( 1962 ) . Writ- ing on Side 1 label : " Regards Mr. & Mrs. Holley . " The record itself is close to perfect , play- ing NM 8. From Maria Elena Holly's personal collection . Estimate : $ 100 - up 22023 Buddy Holly “ True ...
Fringing and Fossil Coral Reefs of Oahu
... coral in finger coral , six blocks were measured at Sand Island , Honolulu harbor , and four at the mouth of the Alawai . The percentage of coral calculated for these blocks ranges from 16 per cent to 67 per cent , with an average of ...
Corals in Space and Time
... coral 78-80 , 83 , 270 hermatypic coral 97 , 270 Herpolitha 144 , 251 Heterocyathus 263 Heteropsammia 132 , 264 hierarchical interactions among species 73-4 hierarchical systematics 226 , 232 , 238 high diversity provinces 47 , 69 ...
The Coral Reef Problem
... coral - reef tract . Geol . Soc . of America , Vol . 25 , 1914 , pp . 41-42 . VAUGHAN , T. W. ( 1914a ) . The platforms of barrier coral reefs . Bull . Amer . Geogr . Soc . , Vol . 46 , 1914 , pp . 426-429 . VAUGHAN , T. W. ( 1914b ) ...
Corals and Reefs
... coral symbionts . Nature 430 : 742-742 Schlichter D , Liebezeit G ( 1991 ) The natural release of amino acids from the symbiotic coral Heteroxenia fuscescens ( Ehrb ) as a function of photosynthesis . J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 150 : 83–90 ...
Fossil Corals from Central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico
... coral reefs form , and have discussed in detail the temperature relations of coral reefs in a paper entitled Temperature of the Florida Coral - reef Tract.3 Dr. A. G. Mayer has given im- portant information on some of the subjects of ...
The Encyclopedia of Tourism and Recreation in Marine Environments
Michael Lück. Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) Costa Rica Cousteau, Jean-Michel The Cousteau Society Cruise Community Cruise. 119 issues faced by coral that will impact on tourism experiences are coral bleaching, poor water quality, broken ...
Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication
... Coral reefs and reef corals of the southeastern United States , their geologic history and their significance . Abstract , Science , new ser . , vol . 41 , pp . 508-509 , Apr. 2 , 1915 ; Geol . Soc . America Bull . , vol . 26 , pp . 58 ...
The International Encyclopaedic Dictionary ...
... coral islet , s . An islet formed by corals . " . low , insignificant coral - islets . " - Darwin : Voyage round the World ( ed . 1870 ) , ch . xx . , p . 460 . coral - mud , s . The mud produced by the decom position of coral . It ...
Contemporary Review
... coral - reefs and coral - islands can be explained . The corals which form coral reefs are not able to live except within about 30 ° north and south of the Equator , and even there only to a depth of from fifteen to twenty fathoms ...
General geology.-pt. 2. Historical geology
... coral or coralline structures in the position of growth . That is , as each new coral head or coral branch developed , it remained attached to the older dead coral mass or to the original rock - floor which served it as a founda- tion ...
Travel Magazine
... coral , convoluted like a human brain ; star corals , corals immensely like brown mushrooms , flat coral of tender olive green with a reddish yellow periphery ; great violet bun- ches of madrepore ; delicate flower- like coral with ...
Manual of Geology
... coral . This variety is very common ; and , where coral reefs or islands have been elevated , it often makes up the mass of the rock exposed to view . The absence of fossils , while the rock was evidently made out of corals and ...
The American Educational Monthly
A Magazine of Popular Instruction and Literature. T ABOUT CORAL . HE Greeks named coral the " daughter of the sea ; " and Theophrastus reckons it among the precious stones . Pliny tells us that coral was no less esteemed in India than ...
A Primer of Physical Geography
Peter Martin Duncan. • rounded by coral reefs . In the Pacific the coral islands are on the plateaux trending north - west to south - east ; but some , especially the more important Atolls , are in the deep water , between them . Coral ...