CHAPTER II: RESULTS OF A WORKSHOP ON CORAL REEF ECOLOGY: SYNTHESES 



OF DISCUSSION SECTIONS 



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Coral reefs have been tremendously important in the history of human 

 civilizations. Reefs support fisheries and provide protected embayments that 

 are essential for food and commerce in coastal cultures. It is critical that 

 we understand the biological dynamics responsible for the formation and 

 degradation of these systems in order to preserve and manage their resources. 

 NOAA's underwater habitat, HYDROLAB (fig. 1), has (continued on next page) 



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