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Science 17 October 1969:
Vol. 166. no. 3903, pp. 374 - 375
DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3903.374
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Tropical Reef Corals: Tolerance of Low Temperatures on the North Carolin

Ian G. Macintyre 1 and Orrin H. Pilkey 2

1 Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, North Carolina 28516
2 Department of Geology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Individual heads of two species of reef or herinatypic coral, Solenastrea hyades (Dana) and Siderastrea siderea (Ellis and Solander), occur on rock outcrops on the inner continental shelf off North Carolina in waters where winter bottom temperatures are as low as 10.6°C. These temperatures are significantly lower than previously assumed minimum temperatures for the survival of tropical reef corals in their natural environment.


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