Pulley reef: a deep photosynthetic coral reef on the West Florida Shelf, USA
Coral Reefs
By: J.K. Culter, K.B. Ritchie, S.A. Earle, D.E. Guggenheim, R. B. Halley, K.T. Ciembronowicz, A. C. Hine, B. D. Jarrett, S. D. Locker, and W.C. Jaap
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Abstract
Pulley Reef (24°50′N, 83°40′W) lies on a submerged late Pleistocene shoreline feature that formed during a sea-level stillstand from 13.8 to 14.5 ka (Jarrett et al. 2005). The reef is currently 60–75 m deep, exhibits 10–60% coral cover, and extends over approximately 160 km2 of the sea floor. Zooxanthellate corals are primarily Agaricia lamarcki, A. fragilis, Leptoseris cucullata, and less common Madracis formosa, M. pharensis, M. decactis, Montastraea cavernosa, Porites divaricata, Scolymia cubensis and Oculina tenella. Coralline algae are comparable in abundance to stony corals. Other macroalgae include Halimeda tuna, Dictyota divaricata, Lobophora variegata, Ventricatri ventricosa, Verdigelas pelas, and Kallymenia sp. Anadyomene menziesii is abundant. The reef provides a habitat for organisms typically observed at much shallower depths, and is the deepest known photosynthetic coral reef on the North America continental shelf (Fig. 1).
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Pulley reef: a deep photosynthetic coral reef on the West Florida Shelf, USA |
| Series title | Coral Reefs |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00338-006-0097-6 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 2006 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Contributing office(s) | Coastal and Marine Geology Program |
| Description | 1 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Coral Reefs |
| First page | 228 |
| Last page | 228 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
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