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Images
Factors and processes that influence the distribution of corals and coral reefs (Harricott and Banks, 2002).
Location of East Coast Park in Singapore. Adapted Google image.
Occurence of intertidal coral near ECP coastline in 1953. Hilton, M.J. & Manning, S.S. (1995). Conversion of coastal habitats in Singapore: indications of unsustainable development. Environmental Conservation 22, no. 4 (winter 1995), pp. 307-322.
Example of bleached with healthy corals in the Mariana Island (Guam, Oceania). Photo David Burdick NOAA.
Porites lutea. Great Barrier Reef, Australia. An intertidal ‘micro-atoll’. Photograph: Charlie Veron
