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Coral
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Coral
Examines classification of types, formation of coral reefs, ecology, structure, environmental problems and control and plate motion effects.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages) |
7 sources |
1992
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"CLASSIFICATION OF CORALS AND CORAL REEFSRenston (6) reports that coral reefs consist of compacted and cemented assemblages of skeletons and skeletal sediment made up of sedentary organisms that reside in warm marine waters. The depths of water in which coral reefs grow require strong illumination. "Coral reefs are constructional physiographic features of tropical seas, and they primarily consist of a rigid calcareous framework made of encrusted skeletons of reef-building (hermatypic) corals and crustose coralline algae" (122).
Levine and Rotman (1) report that coral reefs consist of two classifications: hard and soft corals. The reefs consisting of hard corals are those which possess skeletons composed of calcium carbonate, while the soft corals are those which either lack ..."
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