A huge coral reef occurring in the Triticites belt of the Maping Formation, in Bianping Village, about 4 km west of Houchang Town from Ziyun County, Southern Guizhou, China is described. The coral reef has been well s...A huge coral reef occurring in the Triticites belt of the Maping Formation, in Bianping Village, about 4 km west of Houchang Town from Ziyun County, Southern Guizhou, China is described. The coral reef has been well studied and some significant characteristics were dis-covered: the composition of reef-building community is very monotonous; there are only one or two builders in each reef-building stage; the dwellers are also poor in variety; the reef-building process is very simple; the reef has been separately built by various reef-building mechanisms, and there have been few parts built by two coexisting building mechanisms; the process of reef building is often discontinuous and lacks transition. All these characteristics are considered to be unique to the recovery stage of reef communities after F/F event and are representative of a process that reef communities must undergo post the catastrophe.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40072006)the Program of the Ministry of Education of China for Young Teachers.
文摘A huge coral reef occurring in the Triticites belt of the Maping Formation, in Bianping Village, about 4 km west of Houchang Town from Ziyun County, Southern Guizhou, China is described. The coral reef has been well studied and some significant characteristics were dis-covered: the composition of reef-building community is very monotonous; there are only one or two builders in each reef-building stage; the dwellers are also poor in variety; the reef-building process is very simple; the reef has been separately built by various reef-building mechanisms, and there have been few parts built by two coexisting building mechanisms; the process of reef building is often discontinuous and lacks transition. All these characteristics are considered to be unique to the recovery stage of reef communities after F/F event and are representative of a process that reef communities must undergo post the catastrophe.
