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A Coral Reef in the New Hebrides
Author(s) -
Baker John R.,
Scholar Christopher Welch
Publication year - 1925
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1925.tb07114.x
Subject(s) - fringing reef , reef , coral reef , coral , new hebrides , oceanography , shore , geology , atoll , environmental issues with coral reefs , geography , archaeology
S ummary . On the north‐east coast of Gaua, in the New Hebrides, there is a fringing reef about half‐a‐mile wide. Coral growth is most active near the shore, the dominant coral in this zone being Montipora ramosa . Outside the double boulder zone coral growth is not very active, and Lithothamnium does not flourish as it does in so many reefs. It is suggested that a fringing coral‐reef not only grows outwards on its own talus bed, but also grows inwards to form a thin layer lying on a flat shallow platform produced by the erosion of the coast.