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Reef Types Fringing Barrier Atoll
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Reef Growth “Catch up” “Keep up” “Give up”
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Reef Organisms through Time Stromatolites Stromatoporoids Rugose and Tabulate Coral Rudistid Bivalves Productid Brachiopods Serpulid Worms Modern (Scleractinid) Corals Sponges Oysters
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Coral Algal Reefs
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Oyster Reefs
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Sponge Reefs
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Stromatolite Reefs
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Coral Bleaching Zooxanthallae-symbiotic microalgae (photosynthesizers)
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Coral Bleaching Temperature (1-2 degrees Excess nutrients (runoff) Subareal exposure Sedimentation Fresh water dilution (storm generated runoff)
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Coral Bleaching
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