f£23 rubble 



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n~l cocos 



Acropora - Tndacna 



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gy^] RUBBLE 



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TRIOACNA ISLET 



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Fig. 47. Vegetation and physiography of Windward Islets nos. 10 through 12: Fig. 48. Vegetation and physiography of Windward Islet no. 13: Tridacna 



Noddy Rock. North Arundel, and Arundel. See text for explanation of Islet. The best quality Acropora-Tridacna reels extend clear across 



the relatively small amount of Pisonia cover (Description and Ecology the lagoon from this motu. See Desc. and Ecol. of the Motus Section 



of the Motus Section). for explanation of unusual forest cover. 



Tour net or t la 



Tournefortia 



Morinda Tournefortia Herb mat 



Boerhavia repens 

 Heliotropium anomalum 

 Laportea ruderalis 

 Lepturus repens 

 Morinda ci t ri folia 

 Phymatosor us scolopendria 

 Pisonia grandls 

 Portulaca lutea 

 Tournefortia argentea 



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LAGOON 



100 



TRANSECT WIDTH Iml 



200 



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1 i: l'i 1 ridacna Islet: cist west cross-section through lower center of motu. Data includes Holistic composition, relative abundance of plain species, degree 

 ol species overlap and canopy heights. Vertical height is exaggerated Note the absence of well-developed interior forests, unusual for a motu of this 

 si/e (Description and Kcologv of the Motus Section) 



88 



