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DISCUSSION 



The 

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 the yea 

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 peri ods 

 respons 

 upwel 1 i 

 cycl es 

 reefs w 

 negated 



The 

 tip 1 en 

 to diff 

 upwel 1 i 

 in calm 

 cal i cal 

 areas o 

 cal i ces 

 excreti 

 the str 

 deep-wa 

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 confine 

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epi 



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r, b 



curs 



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by 

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ng . 

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sodi 

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 this 

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and 

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For 

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 ief 

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 ears 

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 re o 

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c upw 



inun 

 ppare 

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repo 

 ny, o 

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 ratur 

 n the 

 odi c 

 chang 



i nte 

 i n wa 



exam 

 r she 

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 urbi d 



to b 

 tabol 

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 el i a 



d Oc 



sTTe 



1958 



u 1 i n a 

 1 ves 

 ; Ree 



ell in 



dates 

 ntly 

 he su 

 rt we 

 f the 

 oweve 



e, li 

 shel 

 upwel 

 e i n 

 real i 

 ve en 

 pie, 

 1 tere 

 re ef 

 ity ( 

 e rel 

 i tes 

 shel 

 cora 1 

 occu 

 where 

 d, 19 



g of 

 the 

 furt 

 mmer 

 re t 

 cor 



r, g 



ght 



f-ed 



1 i ng 



cora 



cal 



ergy 



many 



d) e 



f i ci 



Hubb 



ated 



(Yon 



f-ed 



ban 

 rat 



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 80). 



cool , nutr 

 shel f-edge 

 her onshore 

 (Atkinson, 

 oo long to 

 al or fauna 

 eneral tren 

 and turbidi 

 ge reefs se 



1 1 urn 



dist 

 and 

 cor 



nvi r 



ent 



ard 

 to 



ge, 



ge 

 ks , 



ere 

 er w 



morpho 

 ance) o 



1 ight 

 al s bee 

 onments 

 in remo 

 and Poc 

 e f f i c i e 

 1973; W 

 c u 1 i n a 

 may be 

 sts of 

 ells up 



ient rich water from the 

 region frequently throughout 

 movement of upwelled water 

 et ajk , 1978). The sampling 

 distinguish any immediate 

 1 communities to individual 

 ds may be inferred. Seasonal 

 ty predominate at the nearshore 

 asonal cycles are partially 



logy (i.e., branch diameter, 

 f c u 1 i n a most likely is due 

 levels but is not a result of 

 ome more spindly and fragile 



(Stoddard, 1969), high 

 ving sediment in nearshore 

 ock, 1972), and density of 

 ncy of light gathering and 

 ijsman-Best, 1974). However, 

 reefs, which are similar to 

 a result of upwelling; both 

 escarpments or at edges of 



and around promontories 



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