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Science 3 September 1976:
Vol. 193. no. 4256, pp. 895 - 897
DOI: 10.1126/science.193.4256.895
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Light Control of Growth Form in Colonial Reef Corals: Computer Simulation

RICHARD R. GRAUS 1 and IAN G. MACINTYRE 1

1 Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560

Computer simulation with plotter output reveals the close interrelation between ambient light and the skeletal morphogenesis of the massive Caribbean reef coral Montastrea annularis. This technique illustrates a new quantitative approach to evaluating ecological growth responses of colonial organisms.

Submitted on March 30, 1976
Revised on July 6, 1976


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