. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 83 RESULTS Relatively few of the long-term monitoring sites showed any effects of the tsunami with the majority of sites along the Thai coastline appearing in exceptionally good condition after the event (Fig. 2). The main damage on reefs affected by the tsunami included overturned massive corals (Fig. 3a), broken branching corals (Fig. 3b), and covering of live coral surfaces by sediments (Fig. 3c).. Figure 2. A mixed coral community on the upper reef slope at Site 5 in the Surin Islands after the tsunami. Th
. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 83 RESULTS Relatively few of the long-term monitoring sites showed any effects of the tsunami with the majority of sites along the Thai coastline appearing in exceptionally good condition after the event (Fig. 2). The main damage on reefs affected by the tsunami included overturned massive corals (Fig. 3a), broken branching corals (Fig. 3b), and covering of live coral surfaces by sediments (Fig. 3c).. Figure 2. A mixed coral community on the upper reef slope at Site 5 in the Surin Islands after the tsunami. The damage caused was extremely localised with overturned corals at one point and untouched corals only metres away. On sheltered intertidal reef flats where there had been extensive stands of dead branching Acropora aspera on the reef edge, as a result of lowered sea level in 1997-98, broken branches of dead Acropora were carried inshore by the tsunami waves to cover highly localised areas of living massive species. In some cases partial mortality of living coral surfaces resulted from smothering and abrasion b\ these dead coral branches. Of the seventeen 10 m transects surveyed on the intertidal reef flat only one was affected in this way, highlighting the very limited and localised nature of damage caused by the tsunami Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Press; National Research Council (U. S. ). Pacific Science Board; Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History (U. S. ); United States. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. Washington, D. C. : [Smithsonian Press]
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