First coral reef complex discovered in Iraq

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kira Walker
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Reef Complex

High-resolution sidescan-sonar imagery of the Manchas Interiores-Manchas Exteriores coral reef complex, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Schwab ◽  
R.M. Webb ◽  
W.W. Danforth ◽  
T.F. O'Brien ◽  
B.J. Irwin
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Sidescan Sonar ◽  
Reef Complex

scholarly journals Turbid Coral Reefs: Past, Present and Future—A Review

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 251
Author(s):  
Adi Zweifler (Zvifler) ◽  
Michael O’Leary ◽  
Kyle Morgan ◽  
Nicola K. Browne
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Environmental Change ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Reef Complex ◽  
Sediment Input

Increasing evidence suggests that coral reefs exposed to elevated turbidity may be more resilient to climate change impacts and serve as an important conservation hotspot. However, logistical difficulties in studying turbid environments have led to poor representation of these reef types within the scientific literature, with studies using different methods and definitions to characterize turbid reefs. Here we review the geological origins and growth histories of turbid reefs from the Holocene (past), their current ecological and environmental states (present), and their potential responses and resilience to increasing local and global pressures (future). We classify turbid reefs using new descriptors based on their turbidity regime (persistent, fluctuating, transitional) and sources of sediment input (natural versus anthropogenic). Further, by comparing the composition, function and resilience of two of the most studied turbid reefs, Paluma Shoals Reef Complex, Australia (natural turbidity) and Singapore reefs (anthropogenic turbidity), we found them to be two distinct types of turbid reefs with different conservation status. As the geographic range of turbid reefs is expected to increase due to local and global stressors, improving our understanding of their responses to environmental change will be central to global coral reef conservation efforts.

Metal distribution in coral reef complex Cayo Arcas in the Gulf of Mexico

2008 ◽  
Vol 151 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 413-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silke Cram ◽  
Claudia A. Ponce de León ◽  
Irene Sommer ◽  
Susi Miceli ◽  
Pilar Fernández ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Metal Distribution ◽  
Reef Complex

The raised coral reef complex of the Kenyan coast: Tridacna gigas U-series dates and geological implications

2010 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Accordi ◽  
Mauro Brilli ◽  
Federico Carbone ◽  
Mario Voltaggio
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Reef Complex ◽  
Kenyan Coast ◽  
Geological Implications ◽  
Tridacna Gigas

A Late Permian coral reef complex, South Kitakami Terrane, Japan

1995 ◽  
Vol 99 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 135-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshio Kawamura ◽  
Hideaki Machiyama
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Late Permian ◽  
Reef Complex

Changes in fossil assemblage in sediment cores from Mingulay Reef Complex (NE Atlantic): Implications for coral reef build-up

2014 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 286-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mélanie Douarin ◽  
Daniel J. Sinclair ◽  
Mary Elliot ◽  
Lea-Anne Henry ◽  
David Long ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Sediment Cores ◽  
Ne Atlantic ◽  
Reef Complex ◽  
Fossil Assemblage

Relating variation in species composition to environmental variables: a multi-taxon study in an Indonesian coral reef complex

2008 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel F. R. Cleary ◽  
Lyndon De Vantier ◽  
Giyanto ◽  
Lyle Vail ◽  
Philip Manto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Species Composition ◽  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Reef Complex
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