• 



- coral 

 (Acropora spp.) 



- mollusks 

 (Tridacna maxima) 



- coral 



(Fungia granulata) 



m* - Holothurioidea 

 (Ludwigothuria sp. 



(ww - algae 



(Porolithon sp.) 



# - algae 



[Halimeda sp.) 



iMiiafei^*"^^"* 





edge lateral 



central 



Coral limestone 

 Sand 



lateral I edge 



ZONES 



Fig 10. 1 )iagrammatic representation of a portion of the outstanding Acropora-Tridacna reels connecting the islets Ana-Ana, Kimoa and Tridacna. 

 (Tridacna maxima), thickly studding the reel', attain densities of 80 per square meter (Sirenko & Koltun. Subehapter 1.4). 



Giant clams 



RARE AND 

 LOCALIZED PLANTS 



|^< | PANDANUS 



| m | SCAEVOLA 



| • | PSILOTUM 



["">"] HIBISCUS. THE 



j | TACCA 



fT~| TRIBULUS 



[~T~] SPECIES A 



| a | LEPIDIUM 



| I PHYLLANTHU 



PHYMATOSOR 

 SCOLOPENDR 



Pig I i i nnii' distribution map "l rare and/or localized plants on Caroline 



Hibisi us liliaceus, I epidium bidenlalum, Pandanus tectorius. 



Phyllanihus amarus, Psilolum nudum, 8 m vola terit ea, Sida fallax, 



leontopelaloides, Thespesia populnea, Tribulus cistoides, 



Ximenia americana, and Species V Psilotum ma\ still exist on Nake 



Fig. 1 2. Transect distribution map of the fern Phymatosorus scolopendria on 



Caroline Atoll 



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