Contrasting hydrodynamic regimes of submerged pinnacle and emergent coral reefs

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Comparative studies between shallow emergent coral reefs and submerged coral reefs have shown considerable variability in ecological communities. Unlike the established pattern of habitat zonation on emergent coral reefs, many submerged coral reefs are found on top of steep sided bathymetric features including banks, shoals and abrupt structures like seamounts, pinnacles, bommies and knolls. Despite differences in scale and seascape setting, Hydrodynamics on submerged pinnacle coral reefs the morphological similarities between pinnacles and seamounts provides a suitable framework for investigating hydrodynamic regimes on pinnacle coral reefs. The authors examined current speeds and temperatures for . . .

 



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