Sclerosponges: Primary framework constructors on the Jamaican deep fore-reef

Authors

Judith C. Lang, Dept. of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, U.S.A.
Willard D. Hartman, Dept. of Biology and Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, U.S.A.
Lynton S. Land, Dept. of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, U.S.A.

Abstract

Sclerosponges grow on hard substrates in areas protected from high rates of sediment accumulation to depths of about 200 m at Discovery Bay, Jamaica. Here they are primary framework builders on the deep fore-reef between 70 m and 105 m.

Recommended Citation

Lang, Judith C., Willard D. Hartman, and Lynton S. Land. 1975. "Sclerosponges: Primary framework constructors on the Jamaican deep fore-reef." Journal of Marine Research 33, (2). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1319