Plant colonisation and growth on atoll lagoon islands, Huvadhoo Atoll, Republic of the Maldives

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Plant colonisation and growth on atoll lagoon islands, Huvadhoo Atoll, Republic of the Maldives

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Coral atoll lagoon sand cays and islands are common landforms in the Maldives. Their biogeomorphic development has received much less attention than the larger rim islands, which enclose the lagoons. Lagoon sand cays appear to be more dynamic and may form over comparatively short time scales (< 10 years). They accrete on subtidal patch reefs from biogenic sediment derived from the surrounding reef platform; and are evolving and being colonised by marine-dispersed plant species over periods of...

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Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2021

Creator

Petrie, Simon

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/12458

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Maldives / Island morphodynamics / Plant colonisation / Wave run-up / Sand cay / Tropical / Island formation / Lagoon island / Marine-dispersed plants / Seedlings / Spring high tides / Lunar nodal cycle / Soil nutrients / Soil nitrogen / Constraints on plant growth / Freshwater lens / Early colonising plants / Huvadhoo Atoll / Scaevola taccada / Lepturus repens / Cyperus conglomeratus

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