RATE OF GROWTH OF REEFS. 



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Name of Coral 



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Goniastraea emmia , 



„ [Astraea]) ... 

 Prionastraea abdita 



„ tenella (sp. ?) 



A canthastraea grandis 



Cyphastraea savignyi 



Orbicella (sp. ?) 



Coeloria daedalea 



Hf/dnophora microcoiia 

 Symphyllia sinxiosa ^ . . 

 Pavon ia repens 



Psa77imocora (sp. !) .... 



Montipora foveolata 



Montipora saxea 



Astraeopora inyriophthalma. 

 Fu7igia (yonng) 



deniigera. 



Pocillopora coespitosa 

 „ plicata ... 



Madrepora (stunted) 



(semi-massive) . 



(clump) 



(spreading) 

 Porites (dense clump) ., 



„ (open branches) 

 Psammocora contigua ... 



Merulina (genus ?) 



Euphyllia glabrescens . . . 



Weight 

 in grams 



81 

 509 

 318 



12 

 218 

 1094 

 230 

 147 

 571 

 325 

 245 

 321 

 309 

 967 

 303 

 769 

 453 

 1485 



28 

 590 

 214 



47 



25 

 151 

 357 

 379 

 452 

 154 

 228 

 442 

 531 

 478 

 693 



68 



83 

 343 

 911 

 239 

 463 

 739 

 473 

 346 

 295 



60 

 1.34 



Volume 

 in cc. 



46 



380 



212 



6 



103 



660 



128 



86 



287 



156 



199 



203 



161 



693 



145 



410 



206 



671 



15 



271 



103 



19 



10 



62 



127 



142 



171 



91 



137 



218 



248 



237 



426 



32 



37 



173 



653 



93 



2372 



5442 



348 



218 



147 



37 



89 



Specific 

 Gravity 



1-76 

 1-34 

 1-50 

 2-00 

 211 

 1-65 

 1-79 

 1-71 

 1-99 

 2-08 

 1-23 

 1-58 

 1-92 

 (1-39) 

 2-09 

 1-81 

 2-19 

 2-21 

 1-86 

 2-17 

 2-08 

 2-47 

 2-5 

 2-44 

 2-81 

 2-67 

 2-64 

 1-69 

 1-66 

 2-03 

 2-14 

 2-02 

 1-62 

 2-13 

 2-24 

 1-98 

 1-39 

 2-57 

 1-95 

 1-36 

 1-.36 

 1-58 

 2-01 

 1-62 

 1-51 



Area 

 covered 



in 

 sq. cms. 



25 



84 



71 



7 



34 



221 



55 



22 



81 



48 



68 



72 



74 



170 



61 



113 



100 



287 



17 



84 



42 



27 



18 



47 



72 



97 



103 



57 



80 



118 



126 



123 



139 



18 



25 



33 



126 



62 



336 



216 



147 



1.55 



54 



38 



33 



Height 

 iu cms. 



4-2 

 7-3 



6-8 



2-1 



7-9 



5-8 



6-1 



4-8 



8-2 



6-2 



7-8 



7-3 



7-1 



10-2 



7-4 



10-1 



5-4 



11-8 



2-8 



9-6 



6-0 



2-2 



1-7 



3-7 



4-0 



3-9 



4-3 



5-4 



8-3 



8-5 



12-7 



10-7 



15-0 



5-2 



5-5 



15-6 



22-0 



130 



10-2 



9'2 



8-7 



91 



8-6 



2-3 



141 



Thick- 

 ness as 

 a sheet 

 in cms. 



1-84 

 4-52 

 3-00 



■86 

 303 

 2-98 

 2-33 

 3-91 

 3-54 

 3-25 

 2-92 

 2-82 

 2-17 

 4-07 

 2-37 

 3-63 

 2-06 

 2-68 



•88 

 3-23 

 2-45 



•7 



•55 

 r32 

 1-76 

 V46 

 r66 

 1-60 

 1^71 

 1^84 

 1-97 

 1-93 

 3^06 

 r77 

 1-48 

 5-24 

 5-34 

 1-50 



•70 

 2-52 

 2^37 

 1-42 

 2^72 



•97 

 2^70 



g 



' A small colony of Madrepora of a much stunted growth 

 was attached to the main mass of this coral. The Specific 



Gravity for the genus is hence quite erroneous. 

 - Calculated from Specific Gravity of fragments. 



