evidence of change in form, whether or not from subsidence, on some of these coral-islands; and there is evidence of subterranean disturbances beneath them. Will then the theory, to which we have thus been led, solve the curious problem,—what has given to each class of reef its peculiar...
Coral reef - Marine Ecosystem, Formation, Diversity: English naturalist Charles Darwin concluded in 1842 that barrier reefs began as reefs fringing the land around which they now form a barrier and that oceanic atoll reefs began as reefs fringing a volca
Charles Darwin first proposed the theory of atoll reef formation. He postulated that fringing reefs develop close to the shoreline in shallow waters around volcanic islands (Figure 6). As a volcanic island begins to subside into the ocean over geological time, the corals on these fringing reefs ...
Coral reef, ridge or hummock formed in shallow ocean areas by algae and the calcareous skeletons of coral polyps and other coelenterates. A coral reef may grow into a permanent coral island. Often called ‘rainforests of the sea,’ coral reefs are home t
Coral reef diversity refutes the neutral theory of biodiversity. The global decline of coral reefs highlights the need to understand the mechanisms that regulate community structure and sustain biodiversity in these syst... Dornelas,Maria,Connolly,... - 《Nature》 被引量: 414发表: 2006年 Coral ...
Darwin's letters and some rough notes found in his field notebooks of 1835 confirm the statement in his Autobiography that he had formulated his theory of coral reef formation before the Beagle left South America and before he had seen a coral reef. His geological observations having convinced ...
V. Norstrom. 2008. Capturing the corner- stones of coral reef resilience: Linking theory to practice. Coral Reefs 27:795-809.Nystrom M, Graham NA., Lokrantz J, Norstrom AV (2008) Capturing the cornerstones of coral reef resilience: linking theory to practice. Coral Reefs 27:795-809...
The well-known annular form of the reefs containing lagoons, the atolls, was formerly explained by supposing that the polypes had built their dwellings, perpendicularly upwards, upon the margins of the craters of submarine volcanos, by which an external ring (an outer reef) must necessarily be...
Charles Lyell had initially regarded coral reefs as a way to explain the European Chalk formation. However, he encountered criticism from catastrophist authors who thought the Chalk was a result of chemical precipitation. Lyell embraced Darwin's coral reef theory in an effort to strengthen his ...
Which is why the scientists used the Maldives to flesh out their theory of atoll formation. Over the years, companies such as Royal Dutch Shell have drilled into some of the islands and the surrounding seafloor in search of oil and gas. There have also been a number ...