The ecology of coral reefs : results of a Workshop on Coral Reef Ecology held by the American Society of Zoologists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 1983 ecologyofcoralre00reak Year: 1985 CHAPTER II: RESULTS OF A WORKSHOP ON CORAL REEF ECOLOGY: SYNTHESES OF DISCUSSION SECTIONS Figure 1 Coral reefs have been tremendously important in the history of human civilizations. Reefs support fisheries and provide protected embayments that are essential for food and commerce in coastal cultures. It is critical that we understand the biological dynamics responsible for the formation and degradat

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The ecology of coral reefs : results of a Workshop on Coral Reef Ecology held by the American Society of Zoologists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 1983 ecologyofcoralre00reak Year: 1985 CHAPTER II: RESULTS OF A WORKSHOP ON CORAL REEF ECOLOGY: SYNTHESES OF DISCUSSION SECTIONS Figure 1 Coral reefs have been tremendously important in the history of human civilizations. Reefs support fisheries and provide protected embayments that are essential for food and commerce in coastal cultures. It is critical that we understand the biological dynamics responsible for the formation and degradation of these systems in order to preserve and manage their resources. NOAA's underwater habitat, HYDROLAB (fig. 1), has (continued on next page)

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