Buck Island Reef National Monument Geologic Resources Inventory
Buck Island Reef National Monument Geologic Resources Inventory
Buck Island Reef National Monument Geologic Resources Inventory
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Figure 15. Uncolonized and colonized bedrock. Benthic habitats at <strong>Buck</strong> <strong>Island</strong> <strong>Reef</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Monument</strong> may be colonized by sessile marine<br />
organisms. Uncolonized bedrock (left) (hbub) occurs on the south side of <strong>Buck</strong> <strong>Island</strong>. Colonized bedrock (right) (rcb) occurs on the north and<br />
south sides of the island. Photographs from Kendall et al. (2001).<br />
Figure 16. Colonized pavement. Colonized pavement (rcp) is common around the perimeter of <strong>Buck</strong> <strong>Island</strong>. It also occurs to the northwest of<br />
the large area of aggregated patch reef (see fig. 19). Photographs from Kendall et al. (2001).<br />
Figure 17. Seagrass. A large area of seagrass, both continuous (sgc) (left) and patchy (sgp) (right), occurs to the south of <strong>Buck</strong> <strong>Island</strong>.<br />
Photographs from Kendall et al. (2001).<br />
24 NPS <strong>Geologic</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Division
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