Abrasion of Common Tropical Reef Dweller Halimeda: Implications for the Preservation of Atoll Islands, A Maldives Case Study.

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Abrasion of Common Tropical Reef Dweller Halimeda: Implications for the Preservation of Atoll Islands, A Maldives Case Study.

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The aim of this thesis was to calculate the abrasion rate for post-mortem disarticulated Halimeda segments collected from a lagoonal reef platform in the south Maldives. Further, to assess the relative taphonomic breakdown signatures of segments through time. Calcifying macroalgae species Halimeda has been long recorded as a significant tropical reef dweller and represent a key contributor to tropical reef sediment complexes, particularly in post-bleaching scenarios due to ecological and envi...

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Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2021

Creator

Gallagher, Ashlyn

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/12132

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Maldives / Coral reef / Halimeda / macroalgae / atoll / sand / breakdown / Climate change / coral bleaching / Kandahalagalaa / Huvadhu / tumbling / calcifying / breakdown analysis / coastal / coastal processes / geomorphology / sea level rise / small island / tumbling barrel / reef platform / halimeda macrophysa / halimeda micronesica / reef lagoon dynamics / taphonomic breakdown / reef island / Huvadhu atoll / Kandahalagala / beach / tropical / tropical island / island building

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