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TABLE 2 

 Selections of Nonsystematic Stony Coral Research at Enewetak AtoU* 



Type of study 



Coral genera* 



Reference 



Skeletal organic 

 composition 



Asexual dispersal 

 Bioerosion 



Biomechanics 

 Environmental 

 health 



Invertebrate 

 associates 



Productivity and 

 trophic structure 



Radionuclides in 



skeletons 



Stable isofopic 

 composition 

 of skeletons 



Alkaline earth 

 chemistry 



Biochemistry 



Acropora. Fungia. HerpoHtha. Lobophvllia, 

 Seriatopora, Turbinaria 



Ecology 



Pontes 



Astreopora, Fauia, Goniastrea, Montipora, 



Oulophi/llia. Pauona, Plafygt/ra, Pontes 

 Acropora 

 Acropora sp., Astreopora sp., Fauia sp., Favites sp., 



Fungia sp., Montipora sp., Plesiastrea sp., 



Psammocora sp., Symphvllia sp., Turbinaria sp. 

 Acropora sp., PociUopora, Porites sp. 

 Acropora 

 Cvphastrea 

 Acropora. PociUopora, Porites, Psammocora, 



Seriatopora, Turbinaria 

 Astreopora. Favia, Goniastrea, Montipora, 



Ouhphiiltia. Pauona, Platt^giira. Porites 



Acropora 



Acropora sp., PociUopora 



Acropora sp., Fungia sp., PociUopora 

 Acropora. Astreopora sp., C^phastrea, 



Fauia, Lepastrea,f Lobophi^Uia sp., 



Montipora sp., PociUopora sp., Porites, 



St{;hphora sp., Turbinaria 

 Acropora. Astreopora. Cvphastrea, 



Echinopora. Fauia. Fauites, 



Goniastrea. LobophvUia. Montipora. 



Platygyra, Plesiastrea. PociUopora. 



Porites. Styhphora, Turbinaria 

 Acropora 

 Pauona 



Geochemistry 



Astreopora. Fauia. Fungia. 

 Goniastrea. Herpolitha, Hi/dnophora, 

 Ouhph\;Uia. Parahahmitra, Plati^gyra, 

 PociUopora, Porites, Psammocora 



Astreopora sp., Fauia, Goniastrea, Porites 



Fauia 



Acropora sp., Fauia sp., Montipora sp., 

 Plat\jgi/ra sp., PociUopora sp., Porites sp., 

 Psammocora sp. 



Young, 1971 



Highsmith, 1980a 

 Highsmith, 1980b, 1981a, 



1981b, 1981c 

 Vosburgh, 1977, 1978, 1982 

 Johannes et al., 



1972a 



Banner and Banner, 1968 

 Bruce, 1969 

 Bruce, 1979 

 Garth, 1964 



Highsmith, 1980b, 

 1980c, 1981b, 1981c 



Humes, 1981; Humes and 

 Dojiri, 1982; Humes and 

 Stock, 1973 



Knudsen, 1967 



Johannes et al., 1972b 

 Odum and Odum, 1955 



Odum and Odum, 1956 



Smith and Harrison, 1977 

 Wethey and Porter, 1976a, 

 1976b 



Buddemeier et al., 1974 



Knutson and Buddemeier, 



1973 

 Haggerty et al., 1980 



Buddemeier et al., 1982 



'Any species names given for each of these genera can be found in the checklist of corals (Table 1) 

 fReclassified as a species of Plesiastrea in Odum and Odum (1956). 



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