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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Yang, Dayong
• Chang, Honglun
• Liu, Xiao
• Wan, Peng
• Shen, Liming

Titel

Analysis on ecological characteristics of Mississippian coral reefs in Langping, Guangxi

Ist Teil von

• Scientific reports, 2022-11, Vol.12 (1), p.19635-19635, Article 19635

Ort / Verlag

England: Nature Publishing Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Several Late Viséan-Serpukhovian coral reefs were identified in Langping, Tianlin. They provided an opportunity to investigate paleo-environments suitable for the development of reef-building communities and the construction of coral reefs in Langping. In this paper, part of the reef-building environmental and the ecological characteristics of coral reefs then were elaborated by analyzing the development settings, palaeogeography, sedimentation of reefs, the response to hydrodynamic conditions of reef-building corals, effects of disturbance and non-reef-building organism on reef communities, and the influence of coral morphology on reef development. It is considered that the sedimentary environment of Langping in Late Viséan-Serpukhovian is suitable for the development of benthic communities. The current appearance of reefs is determined by both coral populations ecological characteristics and reef-building environment.