Aretz et al_2011.pdf - ORBi - Université de Liège
Aretz et al_2011.pdf - ORBi - Université de Liège
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Kölner Forum Geol. P<strong>al</strong>äont., 19 (2011)<br />
M. ARETZ, S. DELCULÉE, J. DENAYER & E. POTY (Eds.)<br />
Abstracts, 11th Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Sponges, <strong>Liège</strong>, August 19-29, 2011<br />
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Mor<strong>et</strong>on Bay and rocky headlands <strong>al</strong>ong the Queensland coast. Recognition of stress-related cor<strong>al</strong><br />
morphology may aid i<strong>de</strong>ntification and interpr<strong>et</strong>ation of environment<strong>al</strong> stress events in ancient and living<br />
cor<strong>al</strong> reefs, providing both a management tool and a new data s<strong>et</strong> for un<strong>de</strong>rstanding the effects of climate<br />
change and human interference in reef environments.<br />
Fig. 1. Photographs of a section cut through an Acropora sp. sample collected from Mor<strong>et</strong>on Bay, Austr<strong>al</strong>ia. A)<br />
Numerous laterite pebbles contained within the cor<strong>al</strong>lum. B) Enlargement of one pebble contained within a cavity<br />
lined by clypeotheca as marked by arrows.<br />
NOTHDURFT LD & WEBB GE (2009): Clypeotheca, a new skel<strong>et</strong><strong>al</strong> structure in scleractinian cor<strong>al</strong>s: a potenti<strong>al</strong> stress<br />
indicator. - Cor<strong>al</strong> Reefs, 28: 143–153.<br />
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