TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. Marjorie L. Reaka 1 



CHAPTER II. GROWTH AND LIFE HISTORY PATTERNS OF CORAL REEF ORGANISMS 7 



Size structure and growth rates in populations of colonial and 



solitary invertebrates. Kenneth P. Sebens 9 



Life histories and growth of corals over a depth gradient. Terence 



Hughes 17 



Depth-related changes in the colony form of the reef coral Pontes 



astreoides . WillemH. Brakel 21 



CHAPTER III. THE DYNAMICS OF RECRUITMENT IN CORAL REEF ORGANISMS 27 



Reef fishes at sea: ocean currents and the advection of larvae. 



Phillip S. Lobel and Allan R. Robinson 29 



On the possibility of kin groups in coral reef fishes. Douglas Y. 



Shapiro 39 



Settlement and larval metamorphosis produce distinct marks on the 

 otoliths of the slippery dick, Halichoeres bivittatus . Benjamin 

 C. Victor 47 



CHAPTER IV. THE ORGANIZATION OF CORAL REEF COMMUNITIES 53 



Sponges as important space competitors in deep Caribbean coral reef 

 communities. Thomas H. Suchanek, Robert C. Carpenter, Jon D. 

 Whitman, and C. Drew Harvell 55 



Distribution of sweeper tentacles on Montastraea cavernosa . Elizabeth 



A. Chornesky and Susan L. Williams 61 



Relationships between fishes and mobile benthic invertebrates on coral 

 reefs. Nancy G. Wolf, Eldredge B. Bermingham, and Marjorie L. 

 Reaka 69 



Fish grazing and community structure of reef corals and algae: a 



synthesis of recent studies. Mark A. Hixon 79 



Coral recruitment at moderate depths: the influence of grazing. H. Carl 



Fitz, Marjorie L. Reaka, Eldredge Bermingham, and Nancy G. Wolf 89 



Between-habitat differences in herbivore impact on Caribbean coral reefs. 



Mark E. Hay and Tim Goertemiller 97 



Quantifying herbivory on coral reefs: just scratching the surface and 



biting off more than we can chew. Robert S. Steneck 103 



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