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Reef Flat Zonation

Reef Flat Zonation is a geomorphological classification framework that delineates distinct biological and sedimentological patterns within the shallow, protected, subtidal to intertidal region of a coral reef system, differentiated by gradients in hydrodynamic energy, species composition, and substrate stability.

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Some Physical and Biological Determinants of Coral Community Structure in the Eastern Pacific

Peter W. Glynn · Ecological Monographs · 1976 · 352 citations

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Distribution and abundance of herbivorous grazing fishes in the central Great Barrier Reef. II. Patterns of zonation of mid-shelf and outhershelf reefs

Garry R. Russ · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 1984 · 166 citations · Full text

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Anatomy of a fringing reef around Grand Cayman; storm rubble, not coral framework

Paul Blanchon, Brian Jones, William B. C. Kalbfleisch · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 1997 · 153 citations

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Vertical zonation of megabenthic taxa on a deep photosynthetic reef (50–140 m) in the Au’au Channel, Hawaii

Samuel E. Kahng, Chris Kelley · Coral Reefs · 2007 · 121 citations

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The ecology of Jamaican Coral Reefs. II. Geomorphology zonation, and sedimentary phases

Thomas F. Goreau, L. Nora · Bulletin of Marine Science · 1973 · 120 citations

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Authors

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  1. DH
    David Hopley

    James Cook University, Australia

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  2. RR
    Richard R. Graus

    National Museum of Natural History, United States

    2 publications · 140 citations

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  3. IG
    Ian G. Macintyre

    Smithsonian Institution, United States

    2 publications · 140 citations

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  4. NH
    Nobuyuki Hori

    Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

    2 publications · 99 citations

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  5. GR
    G. Rusciadelli

    University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy

    1 publications · 26 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    419 citations

  2. National Museum of Natural History

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    304 citations

  3. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    304 citations

  4. Institute of Oceanology

    Qingdao, China

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    53 citations

  5. Australian Institute of Marine Science

    Townsville, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    197 citations

  6. Northern Virginia Community College

    Annandale, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    140 citations

  7. South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology

    Guangzhou, China

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    53 citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    109 citations

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  1. Coral Reefs

    5 publications · 373 citations

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  2. Marine Ecology Progress Series

    MEPS · 4 publications · 394 citations

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  3. Aquatic Botany

    2 publications · 68 citations

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  4. Bulletin of Marine Science

    2 publications · 138 citations

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  5. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    2 publications · 107 citations

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