Woodroffe, C. D., and Berry, P. F., 1994. Scientific studies in
the Cocos (Keeling) Islands: an introduction. Atoll Research
Bulletin, 399, 1–16.
Woodroffe, C. D., and McLean, R. F., 1994. Reef Islands of the
Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin, 403, 1–36.
Woodroffe, C. D., and McLean, R. F., 1998. Pleistocene morphology and Holocene emergence of Christmas (Kiritimati) Island,
Pacific Ocean. Coral Reefs, 17, 235–248.
Woodroffe, C. D., and Morrison, R. J., 2001. Reef-island accretion
and soil development, Makin Island, Kiribati, central Pacific.
Catena, 44, 245–261.
Woodroffe, C. D., and Stoddart, D. R., 1992. Substrate specificity
and episodic catastrophe: constraints on the insular plant geography of Suwarrow Atoll, northern Cook Islands. Atoll Research
Bulletin, 362, 1–19.
Woodroffe, C. D., Kennedy, D. M., Jones, B. G., and Phipps, C. V. G.,
2004. Geomorphology and Late Quaternary development of
Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs. Coral Reefs, 23, 249–262.
Woodroffe, C. D., McLean, R. F., Polach, H., and Wallensky, E.,
1990b. Sea level and coral atolls: Late Holocene emergence in
the Indian Ocean. Geology, 18, 62–66.
Woodroffe, C. D., McLean, R. F., Smithers, S. G., and Lawson, E.,
1999. Atoll reef-island formation and response to sea-level
change: West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Marine Geology,
160, 85–104.
Woodroffe, C. D., McLean, R. F., and Wallensky, E., 1994. Geomorphology of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research
Bulletin, 402, 1–33.
Woodroffe, C. D., Stoddart, D. R., Spencer, T., Scoffin, T. P., and
Tudhope, A., 1990a. Holocene emergence in the Cook Islands,
South Pacific. Coral Reefs, 9, 31–39.
Xue, C., 2001. Coastal erosion and management of Majuro Atoll,
Marshall islands. Journal of Coastal Research, 17, 909–918.
Yamano, H., Kayanne, H., Matsuda, F., and Tsuji, Y., 2002.
Lagoonal facies, ages, and sedimentation in three atolls in the
Pacific. Marine Geology, 185, 233–247.
Yamano, H., Kayanne, H., Yamaguchi, T., Kuwahara, Y., Yokoki,
H., Shimazaki, H., and Chikamori, M., 2007. Atoll island vulnerability to flooding and inundation revealed by historical reconstruction: Fongafale Islet, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu. Global and
Planetary Change, 57, 407–416.
Yamano, H., Shimazaki, H., Matsunaga, T., Ishoda, A., McClennen,
C., Yokoki, H., Fujita, K., Osawa, Y., and Kayanne, H., 2006.
Evaluation of various satellite sensors for waterline extraction
in a coral reef environment: Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Geomorphology, 82, 398–411.
Zann, L. P., 1982. The marine ecology of Betio Island, Tarawa
Atoll, Republic of Kiribati. CCOP/SOPAC Technical Report,
23, 9 pp.
Cross-references
Agassiz, Alexander (1835–1910)
Algal Rims
Antecedent Platforms
Atoll Islands (Motu)
Banks Island: Frasnian (Late Devonian) Reefs In Northwestern
Arctic Canada
Beach Rock
Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
Blue Hole
Boat Channel
Boulder Zone/Ramparts
Cay Formation
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Conglomerates
Coral Cays-Geohydrology
Coral Cays, Vegetational Succession
Daly, Reginald Aldworth (1871–1957)
Dana, James Dwight (1813–1895)
Darwin, Charles (1809–1882)
David, Tannant Edgeworth (1858–1934)
Davis, William Morris (1850–1934)
Eastern Indian Ocean – Northern Sector
Emerged Reefs
Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands
Faroes Reefs
Funafuti Atoll
Gardiner, John Stanley (1872–1946)
Glacial Control Hypothesis
Halimeda
Holocene Reefs – Thickness and Characteristics
Indian Ocean Reefs
Indonesian Reefs
Lagoon Circulation
Lagoons
Lyell Charles (1797–1875)
MacNeil, F. Stearns (1909–1983)
Makatea
Maldives
Megablocks
Microatoll
Mid Holocene
Midway Atoll (Hawaiian Archipelago)
Mururoa Atoll
Pacific Coral Reefs: An Introduction
Patch Reefs: Lidar Morphometric Analysis
Phosphatic Cay Sandstone
Recent Sea Level Trends
Reefal Sediments
Reef Flats
Reef Front Wave Energy
Reef Structure
Reef Typology
Reticulated Reefs
Sea Level Change and Its Effect on Reef Growth
Sea-Level Indicators
Shingle Ridges
Soils of Low Elevation Coral Structures
Spurs and Grooves
Stoddart, David Ross (1937–)
Submerged Reefs
Subsidence Hypothesis of Reef Development
Western Atlantic/Caribbean, Coral Reefs
Western Australian Reefs
AUVS (ROVS)
Noelle J. Relles, Mark R. Patterson
College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, USA
Synonyms
UUVs, Unmanned underwater vehicles
Definitions
AUVs. Acronym for autonomous underwater vehicles –
untethered underwater vehicles under control of an
onboard computer.
AUVS (ROVS)
71
the Cocos (Keeling) Islands: an introduction. Atoll Research
Bulletin, 399, 1–16.
Woodroffe, C. D., and McLean, R. F., 1994. Reef Islands of the
Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin, 403, 1–36.
Woodroffe, C. D., and McLean, R. F., 1998. Pleistocene morphology and Holocene emergence of Christmas (Kiritimati) Island,
Pacific Ocean. Coral Reefs, 17, 235–248.
Woodroffe, C. D., and Morrison, R. J., 2001. Reef-island accretion
and soil development, Makin Island, Kiribati, central Pacific.
Catena, 44, 245–261.
Woodroffe, C. D., and Stoddart, D. R., 1992. Substrate specificity
and episodic catastrophe: constraints on the insular plant geography of Suwarrow Atoll, northern Cook Islands. Atoll Research
Bulletin, 362, 1–19.
Woodroffe, C. D., Kennedy, D. M., Jones, B. G., and Phipps, C. V. G.,
2004. Geomorphology and Late Quaternary development of
Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs. Coral Reefs, 23, 249–262.
Woodroffe, C. D., McLean, R. F., Polach, H., and Wallensky, E.,
1990b. Sea level and coral atolls: Late Holocene emergence in
the Indian Ocean. Geology, 18, 62–66.
Woodroffe, C. D., McLean, R. F., Smithers, S. G., and Lawson, E.,
1999. Atoll reef-island formation and response to sea-level
change: West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Marine Geology,
160, 85–104.
Woodroffe, C. D., McLean, R. F., and Wallensky, E., 1994. Geomorphology of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research
Bulletin, 402, 1–33.
Woodroffe, C. D., Stoddart, D. R., Spencer, T., Scoffin, T. P., and
Tudhope, A., 1990a. Holocene emergence in the Cook Islands,
South Pacific. Coral Reefs, 9, 31–39.
Xue, C., 2001. Coastal erosion and management of Majuro Atoll,
Marshall islands. Journal of Coastal Research, 17, 909–918.
Yamano, H., Kayanne, H., Matsuda, F., and Tsuji, Y., 2002.
Lagoonal facies, ages, and sedimentation in three atolls in the
Pacific. Marine Geology, 185, 233–247.
Yamano, H., Kayanne, H., Yamaguchi, T., Kuwahara, Y., Yokoki,
H., Shimazaki, H., and Chikamori, M., 2007. Atoll island vulnerability to flooding and inundation revealed by historical reconstruction: Fongafale Islet, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu. Global and
Planetary Change, 57, 407–416.
Yamano, H., Shimazaki, H., Matsunaga, T., Ishoda, A., McClennen,
C., Yokoki, H., Fujita, K., Osawa, Y., and Kayanne, H., 2006.
Evaluation of various satellite sensors for waterline extraction
in a coral reef environment: Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Geomorphology, 82, 398–411.
Zann, L. P., 1982. The marine ecology of Betio Island, Tarawa
Atoll, Republic of Kiribati. CCOP/SOPAC Technical Report,
23, 9 pp.
Cross-references
Agassiz, Alexander (1835–1910)
Algal Rims
Antecedent Platforms
Atoll Islands (Motu)
Banks Island: Frasnian (Late Devonian) Reefs In Northwestern
Arctic Canada
Beach Rock
Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
Blue Hole
Boat Channel
Boulder Zone/Ramparts
Cay Formation
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Conglomerates
Coral Cays-Geohydrology
Coral Cays, Vegetational Succession
Daly, Reginald Aldworth (1871–1957)
Dana, James Dwight (1813–1895)
Darwin, Charles (1809–1882)
David, Tannant Edgeworth (1858–1934)
Davis, William Morris (1850–1934)
Eastern Indian Ocean – Northern Sector
Emerged Reefs
Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands
Faroes Reefs
Funafuti Atoll
Gardiner, John Stanley (1872–1946)
Glacial Control Hypothesis
Halimeda
Holocene Reefs – Thickness and Characteristics
Indian Ocean Reefs
Indonesian Reefs
Lagoon Circulation
Lagoons
Lyell Charles (1797–1875)
MacNeil, F. Stearns (1909–1983)
Makatea
Maldives
Megablocks
Microatoll
Mid Holocene
Midway Atoll (Hawaiian Archipelago)
Mururoa Atoll
Pacific Coral Reefs: An Introduction
Patch Reefs: Lidar Morphometric Analysis
Phosphatic Cay Sandstone
Recent Sea Level Trends
Reefal Sediments
Reef Flats
Reef Front Wave Energy
Reef Structure
Reef Typology
Reticulated Reefs
Sea Level Change and Its Effect on Reef Growth
Sea-Level Indicators
Shingle Ridges
Soils of Low Elevation Coral Structures
Spurs and Grooves
Stoddart, David Ross (1937–)
Submerged Reefs
Subsidence Hypothesis of Reef Development
Western Atlantic/Caribbean, Coral Reefs
Western Australian Reefs
AUVS (ROVS)
Noelle J. Relles, Mark R. Patterson
College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, USA
Synonyms
UUVs, Unmanned underwater vehicles
Definitions
AUVs. Acronym for autonomous underwater vehicles –
untethered underwater vehicles under control of an
onboard computer.
AUVS (ROVS)
71