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(a) Warm, clear-water setting
(b) Turbid setting
e.g. north Jamaica (Liddell & Ohlhorst 1988)
e.g. Inhaca Island, Mozambique (Perry 2003)
Inshore central Great Barrier Reef (Smithers & Larcombe 2003)
High coral cover extending
to depths of 60-70 m
Coral growth spatially
and bathymetrically restricted
Periodic storm
disturbance
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
0
5
10
15
Sediment
resuspension/
turbidity
Thick (5-10 m) coral
dominated framework
Detrital coral rubble framework
set within mixed carbonate:clastic sediments
Underlying bedrock/sediment substrates
Reef
initiation
Coral framework
Coral colonies/carpet communities
Non-framework
coral community
High or low relief
coral carpets
0
10
20
30
40
0
5
10
15
Seasonal
cool
upwelling
Soft coral-dominated
community
Non-framework coral
communities
(d) Upwelling-influenced setting
(c) High latitude setting
e.g. Natal coast, S. Africa (Riegl
et al.
1995)
e.g. Gulf of Aden, Yemen (Benzoni
et al.
2003)
Fig. 9.6
Simplified representations of coral framework development in a range of environmentally limited settings. (Adapted from Perry & Larcombe 2003.)
