community development from the terrigenous inner shelf of the
Great Barrier Reef. Geology, 36(9), 691–694.
Perry, C. T., Smithers, S. G., and Johnson, K. G., 2009. Long-term
coral community records from lugger Shoal on the terrigenous
inner-shelf of the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral
Reefs, 28(4), 941–948.
Pirazzoli, P. A., 1991. World Atlas of Holocene Sea-Level Change.
Elsevier Oceanography Series, 58. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 300 pp.
Purdy, E. G., and Winterer, E. L., 2006. Contradicting barrier reef
relationships for Darwin’s evolution of reef types. International
Journal of Earth Sciences, 95(1), 143–167.
Rees, S. A., Opdyke, B. N., Wilson, P. A., Fifield, L. K., and
Levchenko, V., 2006. Holocene evolution of the granite based
lizard island and MacGillivray reef systems, Northern Great
Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, 25(4), 555–565.
Scoffin, T. P., and Le Tissier, M. D. A., 1998. Late Holocene sea
level and reef flat progradation, Phuket, South Thailand. Coral
Reefs, 17(3), 273–276.
Smithers, S., and Larcombe, P., 2003. Late Holocene initiation and
growth of a nearshore turbid-zone coral reef: Paluma Shoals,
Central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs, 22(4),
499–505.
Smithers, S. G., Hopley, D., and Parnell, K. E., 2006. Fringing and
nearshore coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef: episodic Holocene development and future prospects. Journal of Coastal
Research, 22(1), 175–187.
Steers, J., and Stoddart, D., 1977. The origin of fringing reefs, barrier reefs and atolls. In Jones, O. A., and Endean, R. (eds.),
Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs. New York: Academic,
pp. 21–57.
Stoddart, D. R., and Steers, J. A., 1977. The nature and origin
of coral reef islands. In Jones, O. A., and Endean, R. (eds.), Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs, Volume II - Geology, pp.
59–105.
Tayama, R., 1952. Coral reefs of the South Seas. Bulletin of the
Hydrographic Department of Tokyo, 11, 1–292.
Tudhope, A. W., and Scoffin, T. P., 1994. Growth and structure of
fringing reefs in a muddy environment, South Thailand. Journal
of Sedimentary Research Section A – Sedimentary Petrology &
Processes, 64(4), 752–764.
Umar, M. J., McCook, L. J., and Price, I. R., 1998. Effects of sediment deposition on the seaweed Sargassum on a fringing coral
reef. Coral Reefs, 17(2), 169–177.
Umbgrove, J. H. F., 1930. The end of Sluiter’s coral reef at Krakatoa. Leidse Geologische Mededelingen, 3, 261–264.
Veron, J. E. N., 1995. Corals in space and time: the biogeography
and evolution of the scleractinia. Sydney: UNSW Press, 321 pp.
Webster, J. M., Davies, P. J., and Konishi, K., 1998. Model of fringing reef development in response to progressive sea level fall
over the last 7000 years – (Kikai-Jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan).
Coral Reefs, 17(3), 289–308.
Wilkinson, C., 2008. Status of the Coral Reefs of the World: 2008.
Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network and Reef and Rainforest
Research Centre, Townsville, Australia, 296 pp.
Wolanski, E., Fabricius, K., Spagnol, S., and Brinkman, R., 2005.
Fine sediment budget on an inner-shelf coral-fringed island,
Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf
Science, 65(1–2), 153–158.
Woodroffe, C. D., 2002. Coasts: form, process and evolution.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 623 pp.
Woodroffe, C. D., Kennedy, D. M., Hopley, D., Rasmussen, C. E.,
and Smithers, S. G., 2000. Holocene reef growth in Torres Strait.
Marine Geology, 170(3–4), 331–346.
Woodroffe, C. D., Dickson, M. E., Brooke, B. P., and Kennedy,
D. M., 2005. Episodes of reef growth at Lord Howe Island, the
southernmost reef in the southwest Pacific. Global and Planetary Change, 49(3–4), 222–237.
Woolfe, K. J., and Larcombe, P., 1999. Terrigenous sedimentation
and coral reef growth: a conceptual framework. Marine Geology,
155(3–4), 331–345.
Yonekura, N., Ishii, T., Saito, Y., Maeda, Y., Matsushima, Y.,
Matsumoto, E., and Kayanne, H., 1988. Holocene fringing reefs
and sea level change in Mangaia Island, Southern Cook Islands.
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 68,
177–188.
Cross-references
Accommodation Space
Algae, Coralline
Algae,Turf
Barrier Reef (Ribbon Reef)
Bassett Edges
Beach Rock
Boulder Beaches
Corals: Environmental Controls on Growth
Darwin, Charles (1809–1882)
Eolianite
Foraminifera
Fringing Reef Circulation
Geomorphic Zonation
Glacio-Hydro Isostasy
Great Barrier Reef: Origin, Evolution, and Modern Development
Halimeda
Hydrodynamics of Coral Reef Systems
Last Interglacial and Reef Development
Microatoll
Moats
Moating
Nutrient Pollution/Eutrophication
Postglacial Trangression
Radiocarbon (
14 C): Dating and Corals
Reef Classification by Hopley (1982)
Reef Drilling
Reef Flats
Reef Front Wave Energy
Rhodoliths
Sea Level Change and Its Effect on Reef Growth
Shingle Ridges
Subsidence Hypothesis of Reef Development
Tropical Cyclone/Hurricane
Turbid-Zone and Terrigenous Sediment-Influenced Reefs
Volcanic Disturbances and Coral Reefs
Wave Set-Up
Waves and Wave-Driven Currents
Western Atlantic/Caribbean, Coral Reefs
FUNAFUTI ATOLL
Shigeru Ohde
University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
Synonyms
Ellice Island; The main island of Tuvalu
Definition
An atoll of Tuvalu located in the tropical South Pacific.
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FUNAFUTI ATOLL
Great Barrier Reef. Geology, 36(9), 691–694.
Perry, C. T., Smithers, S. G., and Johnson, K. G., 2009. Long-term
coral community records from lugger Shoal on the terrigenous
inner-shelf of the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral
Reefs, 28(4), 941–948.
Pirazzoli, P. A., 1991. World Atlas of Holocene Sea-Level Change.
Elsevier Oceanography Series, 58. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 300 pp.
Purdy, E. G., and Winterer, E. L., 2006. Contradicting barrier reef
relationships for Darwin’s evolution of reef types. International
Journal of Earth Sciences, 95(1), 143–167.
Rees, S. A., Opdyke, B. N., Wilson, P. A., Fifield, L. K., and
Levchenko, V., 2006. Holocene evolution of the granite based
lizard island and MacGillivray reef systems, Northern Great
Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, 25(4), 555–565.
Scoffin, T. P., and Le Tissier, M. D. A., 1998. Late Holocene sea
level and reef flat progradation, Phuket, South Thailand. Coral
Reefs, 17(3), 273–276.
Smithers, S., and Larcombe, P., 2003. Late Holocene initiation and
growth of a nearshore turbid-zone coral reef: Paluma Shoals,
Central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs, 22(4),
499–505.
Smithers, S. G., Hopley, D., and Parnell, K. E., 2006. Fringing and
nearshore coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef: episodic Holocene development and future prospects. Journal of Coastal
Research, 22(1), 175–187.
Steers, J., and Stoddart, D., 1977. The origin of fringing reefs, barrier reefs and atolls. In Jones, O. A., and Endean, R. (eds.),
Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs. New York: Academic,
pp. 21–57.
Stoddart, D. R., and Steers, J. A., 1977. The nature and origin
of coral reef islands. In Jones, O. A., and Endean, R. (eds.), Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs, Volume II - Geology, pp.
59–105.
Tayama, R., 1952. Coral reefs of the South Seas. Bulletin of the
Hydrographic Department of Tokyo, 11, 1–292.
Tudhope, A. W., and Scoffin, T. P., 1994. Growth and structure of
fringing reefs in a muddy environment, South Thailand. Journal
of Sedimentary Research Section A – Sedimentary Petrology &
Processes, 64(4), 752–764.
Umar, M. J., McCook, L. J., and Price, I. R., 1998. Effects of sediment deposition on the seaweed Sargassum on a fringing coral
reef. Coral Reefs, 17(2), 169–177.
Umbgrove, J. H. F., 1930. The end of Sluiter’s coral reef at Krakatoa. Leidse Geologische Mededelingen, 3, 261–264.
Veron, J. E. N., 1995. Corals in space and time: the biogeography
and evolution of the scleractinia. Sydney: UNSW Press, 321 pp.
Webster, J. M., Davies, P. J., and Konishi, K., 1998. Model of fringing reef development in response to progressive sea level fall
over the last 7000 years – (Kikai-Jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan).
Coral Reefs, 17(3), 289–308.
Wilkinson, C., 2008. Status of the Coral Reefs of the World: 2008.
Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network and Reef and Rainforest
Research Centre, Townsville, Australia, 296 pp.
Wolanski, E., Fabricius, K., Spagnol, S., and Brinkman, R., 2005.
Fine sediment budget on an inner-shelf coral-fringed island,
Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf
Science, 65(1–2), 153–158.
Woodroffe, C. D., 2002. Coasts: form, process and evolution.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 623 pp.
Woodroffe, C. D., Kennedy, D. M., Hopley, D., Rasmussen, C. E.,
and Smithers, S. G., 2000. Holocene reef growth in Torres Strait.
Marine Geology, 170(3–4), 331–346.
Woodroffe, C. D., Dickson, M. E., Brooke, B. P., and Kennedy,
D. M., 2005. Episodes of reef growth at Lord Howe Island, the
southernmost reef in the southwest Pacific. Global and Planetary Change, 49(3–4), 222–237.
Woolfe, K. J., and Larcombe, P., 1999. Terrigenous sedimentation
and coral reef growth: a conceptual framework. Marine Geology,
155(3–4), 331–345.
Yonekura, N., Ishii, T., Saito, Y., Maeda, Y., Matsushima, Y.,
Matsumoto, E., and Kayanne, H., 1988. Holocene fringing reefs
and sea level change in Mangaia Island, Southern Cook Islands.
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 68,
177–188.
Cross-references
Accommodation Space
Algae, Coralline
Algae,Turf
Barrier Reef (Ribbon Reef)
Bassett Edges
Beach Rock
Boulder Beaches
Corals: Environmental Controls on Growth
Darwin, Charles (1809–1882)
Eolianite
Foraminifera
Fringing Reef Circulation
Geomorphic Zonation
Glacio-Hydro Isostasy
Great Barrier Reef: Origin, Evolution, and Modern Development
Halimeda
Hydrodynamics of Coral Reef Systems
Last Interglacial and Reef Development
Microatoll
Moats
Moating
Nutrient Pollution/Eutrophication
Postglacial Trangression
Radiocarbon (
14 C): Dating and Corals
Reef Classification by Hopley (1982)
Reef Drilling
Reef Flats
Reef Front Wave Energy
Rhodoliths
Sea Level Change and Its Effect on Reef Growth
Shingle Ridges
Subsidence Hypothesis of Reef Development
Tropical Cyclone/Hurricane
Turbid-Zone and Terrigenous Sediment-Influenced Reefs
Volcanic Disturbances and Coral Reefs
Wave Set-Up
Waves and Wave-Driven Currents
Western Atlantic/Caribbean, Coral Reefs
FUNAFUTI ATOLL
Shigeru Ohde
University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
Synonyms
Ellice Island; The main island of Tuvalu
Definition
An atoll of Tuvalu located in the tropical South Pacific.
446
FUNAFUTI ATOLL