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The Role of Environment in Control of Morphology in Lithophyllum congestum, a Caribbean Algal Ridge Builder

The Role of Environment in Control of Morphology in Lithophyllum congestum, a Caribbean Algal... Introduction During the past decade, algal ridges have been found to be of greater importance in Caribbean reef Systems than was previously thought. Since first described (äs microatolls) in Cozumel (Boyd et al 1963), they have been found in various forms throughout the Caribbean and tropical east Atlantic. Adey and Burke (1975) describe the structure and distribution of algal ridges in the eastern Caribbean, survey the pertinent literature, and discuss the factors controlling development. Adey (1975) has also studied the Holocene evolution of the reef-ridge tract in St. Croix. Lithophyllum congestum Foslie(Foslie) (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae), a branching species, is one of the major framework components in some of these structures. The branching morphology of L· congestum is an example of a problem many taxonomists have encountered with sessile marine organisms. For example, taxonomic discriminations on the basis of branching *) Contribution no. 27 from the West Indies Laboiatory of Fairleigh Dickinson University, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, This study was supported tiy the Smithsonian Research Awards program. **) Author's piesent addiess: University of Maine, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Otono, Maine 04473, U.S.A, Botanica Marina / Vol. XIX / 1976 / Fase, 4 of many Acropora and Fontes http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Botanica Marina de Gruyter

The Role of Environment in Control of Morphology in Lithophyllum congestum, a Caribbean Algal Ridge Builder

Steneck, R. S.; Adey, W. H.
Botanica Marina , Volume 19 (4) – Jan 1, 1976
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10.1515/botm.1976.19.4.197
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Introduction During the past decade, algal ridges have been found to be of greater importance in Caribbean reef Systems than was previously thought. Since first described (äs microatolls) in Cozumel (Boyd et al 1963), they have been found in various forms throughout the Caribbean and tropical east Atlantic. Adey and Burke (1975) describe the structure and distribution of algal ridges in the eastern Caribbean, survey the pertinent literature, and discuss the factors controlling development. Adey (1975) has also studied the Holocene evolution of the reef-ridge tract in St. Croix. Lithophyllum congestum Foslie(Foslie) (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae), a branching species, is one of the major framework components in some of these structures. The branching morphology of L· congestum is an example of a problem many taxonomists have encountered with sessile marine organisms. For example, taxonomic discriminations on the basis of branching *) Contribution no. 27 from the West Indies Laboiatory of Fairleigh Dickinson University, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, This study was supported tiy the Smithsonian Research Awards program. **) Author's piesent addiess: University of Maine, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Otono, Maine 04473, U.S.A, Botanica Marina / Vol. XIX / 1976 / Fase, 4 of many Acropora and Fontes

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Published: Jan 1, 1976

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