Hartman, W. D., 1980. Ecology of recent sclerosponges. In
Hartman, W. D., Wendt, J. W., and Wiedenmayer, F. (eds.),
Living and Fossil Sponges. Miami, Florida, University of
Miami, Sedimenta, Vol. 8, pp. 253–255.
Hearty, P. J., 1998. The geology of Eleuthera Island, Bahamas:
a Rosetta stone of Quaternary stratigraphy and sea-level history.
Quaternary Science Reviews, 17, 333–355.
Hearty, P. J., and Kindler, P., 1997. The stratigraphy and surficial
geology of New Providence and surrounding islands, Bahamas.
Journal of Coastal Research, 13, 798–812.
Hine, A. C., 1977. Lily Bank, Bahamas; history of an active
oolite sand shoal. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 47,
1554–1581.
Hine, A. C., Wilber, R. J., Bane, J. M., Neumann, A. C., and
Lorenson, K. R., 1981. Offbank transport of carbonate sands
along open, leeward bank margins: northern Bahamas. Marine
Geology, 42, 327–348.
Illing, L. V., 1954. Bahamian calcareous sands. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 38(1), 1–95.
Kramer, P. A., 2003. Synthesis of coral reef health indicators for the
western atlantic: results of the AGRRA program (1997–2000).
In Lang, J. C. (ed.), Status of Coral Reefs in the Western Atlantic:
Results of Initial Surveys, Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program. Atoll Research Bulletin, Vol. 496,
pp. 1–57.
Kramer, P. A., 2008. Response and adaptation to climate change
stress on Andros Island reefs, Bahamas. In 11th International
Coral Reef Symposium. Abstracts, p. 105.
Kramer, P. A., Kramer, P. R., and Ginsburg, R. N., 2003. Assessment of the Andros Island reef system, Bahamas (Part 1: Stony
corals and algae). In Lang, J. C. (ed.), Status of Coral Reefs in
the Western Atlantic: Results of Initial Surveys, Atlantic and Gulf
Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program. Atoll Research
Bulletin, Vol. 496, pp. 76–99.
Maldonado, M., and Young, C. M., 1996. Bathymetric patterns of
sponge distribution on the Bahamian slope. Deep-Sea Research,
43(6), 897–915.
Masaferro, J. L., and Eberli, G. P., 1999. Jurassic–Cenozoic structural evolution of the southern Great Bahama Bank. In Mann,
P. (ed.), Caribbean Basins: Sedimentary Basins of the World.
Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, Vol. 4, pp. 167–193.
Milliman, J. D., 1967. The geomorphology and history of Hogsty
Reef, a Bahamian atoll. Bulletin of Marine Science, 17,
519–543.
Mullins, H. T., and Lynts, G. W., 1977. Origin of the northwestern
Bahama platform: review and interpretation. Geological Society
of America Bulletin, 88, 1447–1461.
Newell, N. D., 1955. Bahamian platforms. In Poldervaart, A. (ed.),
Crust of the Earth. Geological Society of America, Special
Paper, 62, pp. 303–316.
Opdyke, B. N., Brunskill, G., Byrne, H., and Bailey, R., 2007. The
mystery of the Sahul shoals: a different carbonate depositional
environment (abs.). Geological Society of America, Annual
Meeting Program, 214.
Pante, E., King, A., and Dustan, P., 2008. Short-term decline of
a Bahamian patch reef coral community: Rainbow Gardens Reef
1991–2004. Hydrobiologia, 596, 121–132.
Peckol, P. M., Curran, C. A., Greenstein, B. J., Floyd, E. Y., and
Robbart, M. L., 2003. Assessment of coral reefs off San Salvador
Island, Bahamas (Stony corals, algae, and reef populations). In
Lang, J. C. (ed.), Status of Coral Reefs in the Western Atlantic:
Results of Initial Surveys, Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program. Atoll Research Bulletin, Vol. 496,
pp. 124–145.
Purdy, E. G., 1963. Recent calcium carbonate facies of the Great
Bahama Bank. 2. Sedimentary facies. Journal of Geology, 71,
472–497.
Rankey, E. C., Guidry, S. A., Reeder, S. L., and Guarin, H., 2009.
Geomorphic and sedimentologic heterogeneity along a Holocene shelf margin: Caicos platform. Journal of Sedimentary
Research, 79, 440–456.
Reid, R. P., Macintyre, I. G., Browne, K. M., Steneck, R. S., and
Miller, T., 1995. Modern marine stromatolites in the Exuma
Cays, Bahamas: uncommonly common. Facies, 33, 1–17.
Riegl, B., Manfrino, C., Hermoyian, C., Brandt, M., and Hoshino, K.,
2003. Assessment of the coral reefs of the Turks and Caicos
Islands (Part 1: Stony corals and algae). In Lang, J. C. (ed.), Status
of Coral Reefs in the Western Atlantic: Results of Initial Surveys,
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program.
Atoll Research Bulletin, Vol. 496, pp. 58–75.
Sheridan, R. E., Mullins, H. T., Austin, J. A. Jr., Ball, M. M., and
Ladd, J. W., 1988. Geology and geophysics of the Bahamas.
In Sheridan, R. E., and Grow, J. A. (eds.), The Atlantic
Coastal Margin, U.S. Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society
of America, The Geology of North America, Vols. 1–2, pp.
329–364.
Shinn, E. A., Lloyd, R. M., and Ginsburg, R. N., 1969. Anatomy of
a modern carbonate tidal flat. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology,
39(3), 1202–1228.
Smith, C. L., 1940. The Great Bahama Bank. Journal of Marine
Research, 3, 147–189.
Storr, J. F., 1964. Ecology and oceanography of the coral-reef tract,
Abaco Island, Bahamas. Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society
of America Special Paper, 79, 98.
Sullivan, K. M., Chiappone, M., and Lott, C., 1994. Abundance patterns of stony corals on platform margin reefs of the Caicos
Bank. Bahamas Journal of Science, 1(1), 2–11.
Taft, W. H., Arrington, F., Haimovitz, A., MacDonald, C., and
Woolheater, C., 1968. Lithification of modern carbonate sediments at Yellow Bank, Bahamas. Bulletin of Marine Science,
18(4), 762–828.
Traverse, A., and Ginsburg, R. N., 1966. Palynology of the surface
sediments of Great Bahama Bank, as related to water movement
and sedimentation. Marine Geology, 4, 417–459.
Wanless, H. R., and Dravis, J. J., 1989. Carbonate environments and
sequences of Caicos platform. In Washington, DC: 28th International Geological Congress, Field Trip Guidebook. Vol. T374,
p. 75.
Wiedenmayer, F., 1980. Shallow-water sponges of the Bahamas.
In Hartman, W. D., Wendt, J. W., and Wiedenmayer, F. (eds.),
Living and Fossil Sponges. University of Miami, Florida.
Sedimenta, Vol. 8, pp. 146–168.
Weil, E., and Knowlton, N., 1994. A multicharacter analysis of the
Caribbean coral Montastraea annularis (Ellis and Solander,
1786) and its two sibling species, M. faveolata (Ellis and
Solander, 1786) and M. franksi (Gregory, 1895). Bulletin of
Marine Science, 55, 151–175.
Cross-references
Acropora
Algae, Coralline
Banks Island: Frasnian (Late Devonian) Reefs In Northwestern
Arctic Canada
Eolianite
Florida Keys
Foraminifera
Halimeda
Ooids
Patch Reefs: Lidar Morphometric Analysis
Residence Time
Sponges
Stromatolites
Western Atlantic/Caribbean, Coral Reefs
BAHAMAS
93
Hartman, W. D., Wendt, J. W., and Wiedenmayer, F. (eds.),
Living and Fossil Sponges. Miami, Florida, University of
Miami, Sedimenta, Vol. 8, pp. 253–255.
Hearty, P. J., 1998. The geology of Eleuthera Island, Bahamas:
a Rosetta stone of Quaternary stratigraphy and sea-level history.
Quaternary Science Reviews, 17, 333–355.
Hearty, P. J., and Kindler, P., 1997. The stratigraphy and surficial
geology of New Providence and surrounding islands, Bahamas.
Journal of Coastal Research, 13, 798–812.
Hine, A. C., 1977. Lily Bank, Bahamas; history of an active
oolite sand shoal. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 47,
1554–1581.
Hine, A. C., Wilber, R. J., Bane, J. M., Neumann, A. C., and
Lorenson, K. R., 1981. Offbank transport of carbonate sands
along open, leeward bank margins: northern Bahamas. Marine
Geology, 42, 327–348.
Illing, L. V., 1954. Bahamian calcareous sands. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 38(1), 1–95.
Kramer, P. A., 2003. Synthesis of coral reef health indicators for the
western atlantic: results of the AGRRA program (1997–2000).
In Lang, J. C. (ed.), Status of Coral Reefs in the Western Atlantic:
Results of Initial Surveys, Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program. Atoll Research Bulletin, Vol. 496,
pp. 1–57.
Kramer, P. A., 2008. Response and adaptation to climate change
stress on Andros Island reefs, Bahamas. In 11th International
Coral Reef Symposium. Abstracts, p. 105.
Kramer, P. A., Kramer, P. R., and Ginsburg, R. N., 2003. Assessment of the Andros Island reef system, Bahamas (Part 1: Stony
corals and algae). In Lang, J. C. (ed.), Status of Coral Reefs in
the Western Atlantic: Results of Initial Surveys, Atlantic and Gulf
Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program. Atoll Research
Bulletin, Vol. 496, pp. 76–99.
Maldonado, M., and Young, C. M., 1996. Bathymetric patterns of
sponge distribution on the Bahamian slope. Deep-Sea Research,
43(6), 897–915.
Masaferro, J. L., and Eberli, G. P., 1999. Jurassic–Cenozoic structural evolution of the southern Great Bahama Bank. In Mann,
P. (ed.), Caribbean Basins: Sedimentary Basins of the World.
Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, Vol. 4, pp. 167–193.
Milliman, J. D., 1967. The geomorphology and history of Hogsty
Reef, a Bahamian atoll. Bulletin of Marine Science, 17,
519–543.
Mullins, H. T., and Lynts, G. W., 1977. Origin of the northwestern
Bahama platform: review and interpretation. Geological Society
of America Bulletin, 88, 1447–1461.
Newell, N. D., 1955. Bahamian platforms. In Poldervaart, A. (ed.),
Crust of the Earth. Geological Society of America, Special
Paper, 62, pp. 303–316.
Opdyke, B. N., Brunskill, G., Byrne, H., and Bailey, R., 2007. The
mystery of the Sahul shoals: a different carbonate depositional
environment (abs.). Geological Society of America, Annual
Meeting Program, 214.
Pante, E., King, A., and Dustan, P., 2008. Short-term decline of
a Bahamian patch reef coral community: Rainbow Gardens Reef
1991–2004. Hydrobiologia, 596, 121–132.
Peckol, P. M., Curran, C. A., Greenstein, B. J., Floyd, E. Y., and
Robbart, M. L., 2003. Assessment of coral reefs off San Salvador
Island, Bahamas (Stony corals, algae, and reef populations). In
Lang, J. C. (ed.), Status of Coral Reefs in the Western Atlantic:
Results of Initial Surveys, Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program. Atoll Research Bulletin, Vol. 496,
pp. 124–145.
Purdy, E. G., 1963. Recent calcium carbonate facies of the Great
Bahama Bank. 2. Sedimentary facies. Journal of Geology, 71,
472–497.
Rankey, E. C., Guidry, S. A., Reeder, S. L., and Guarin, H., 2009.
Geomorphic and sedimentologic heterogeneity along a Holocene shelf margin: Caicos platform. Journal of Sedimentary
Research, 79, 440–456.
Reid, R. P., Macintyre, I. G., Browne, K. M., Steneck, R. S., and
Miller, T., 1995. Modern marine stromatolites in the Exuma
Cays, Bahamas: uncommonly common. Facies, 33, 1–17.
Riegl, B., Manfrino, C., Hermoyian, C., Brandt, M., and Hoshino, K.,
2003. Assessment of the coral reefs of the Turks and Caicos
Islands (Part 1: Stony corals and algae). In Lang, J. C. (ed.), Status
of Coral Reefs in the Western Atlantic: Results of Initial Surveys,
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program.
Atoll Research Bulletin, Vol. 496, pp. 58–75.
Sheridan, R. E., Mullins, H. T., Austin, J. A. Jr., Ball, M. M., and
Ladd, J. W., 1988. Geology and geophysics of the Bahamas.
In Sheridan, R. E., and Grow, J. A. (eds.), The Atlantic
Coastal Margin, U.S. Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society
of America, The Geology of North America, Vols. 1–2, pp.
329–364.
Shinn, E. A., Lloyd, R. M., and Ginsburg, R. N., 1969. Anatomy of
a modern carbonate tidal flat. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology,
39(3), 1202–1228.
Smith, C. L., 1940. The Great Bahama Bank. Journal of Marine
Research, 3, 147–189.
Storr, J. F., 1964. Ecology and oceanography of the coral-reef tract,
Abaco Island, Bahamas. Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society
of America Special Paper, 79, 98.
Sullivan, K. M., Chiappone, M., and Lott, C., 1994. Abundance patterns of stony corals on platform margin reefs of the Caicos
Bank. Bahamas Journal of Science, 1(1), 2–11.
Taft, W. H., Arrington, F., Haimovitz, A., MacDonald, C., and
Woolheater, C., 1968. Lithification of modern carbonate sediments at Yellow Bank, Bahamas. Bulletin of Marine Science,
18(4), 762–828.
Traverse, A., and Ginsburg, R. N., 1966. Palynology of the surface
sediments of Great Bahama Bank, as related to water movement
and sedimentation. Marine Geology, 4, 417–459.
Wanless, H. R., and Dravis, J. J., 1989. Carbonate environments and
sequences of Caicos platform. In Washington, DC: 28th International Geological Congress, Field Trip Guidebook. Vol. T374,
p. 75.
Wiedenmayer, F., 1980. Shallow-water sponges of the Bahamas.
In Hartman, W. D., Wendt, J. W., and Wiedenmayer, F. (eds.),
Living and Fossil Sponges. University of Miami, Florida.
Sedimenta, Vol. 8, pp. 146–168.
Weil, E., and Knowlton, N., 1994. A multicharacter analysis of the
Caribbean coral Montastraea annularis (Ellis and Solander,
1786) and its two sibling species, M. faveolata (Ellis and
Solander, 1786) and M. franksi (Gregory, 1895). Bulletin of
Marine Science, 55, 151–175.
Cross-references
Acropora
Algae, Coralline
Banks Island: Frasnian (Late Devonian) Reefs In Northwestern
Arctic Canada
Eolianite
Florida Keys
Foraminifera
Halimeda
Ooids
Patch Reefs: Lidar Morphometric Analysis
Residence Time
Sponges
Stromatolites
Western Atlantic/Caribbean, Coral Reefs
BAHAMAS
93