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Patterns of Sponge Abundance Across a Gradient of Habitat Quality in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia [PDF]

, 2011
Sponges are important components of reef communities worldwide, fulfilling a number of important functional roles. Habitat degradation caused by the loss of hard corals has the potential to cause increases in sponge abundance and percentage cover as they
Bell, JJ, Hepburn, LJ, Powell, AL, Smith, DJ   +3 more
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Dynamic Characteristics of Coral Sand in the Condition of Particle Breakage

Geofluids, 2022
To study the influence of coral sand particle breakage on its dynamic characteristics, taking the South China Sea coral sand as the research object, one-dimensional consolidation test was conducted to prepare different particle breakage degree samples ...
Hui Long, Ke Zhuang, Bo Deng, Jianlin Jiao, Junjie Zuo, Enlu You   +5 more
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Mechanical characteristics and non-coaxial angles calculation model of fibre reinforced coral sand

Yantu gongcheng xuebao
To study the strength and deformation properties of fibre-reinforced coral sand, conventional triaxial and hollow torsional shear tests and non-coaxial computational modelling of coral sand with different densities and polypropylene fibre dosage are ...
CAI Yanyan 1, XUAN Zhangqing 1, ZHANG Xiaoyan 2, LIU Jiashun 3, XUE Peng 1, ZHU Yaoliang 4, YU Jin 1
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An Evaluation of Treatment Effectiveness for Reclaimed Coral Sand Foundation in the South China Sea

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
Mega land reclamation projects have been carried out on the coral reefs in the South China Sea. Coral sand was used as a backfill material through hydraulic filling, with fill heights ranging from 6 to 10 m.
Ting Yao, Wei Li
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Terrigenous sediment-dominated reef platform infilling: an unexpected precursor to reef island formation and a test of the reef platform size-island age model in the Pacific [PDF]

, 2017
Low-lying coral reef islands are considered highly vulnerable to climate change, necessitating an improved understanding of when and why they form, and how the timing of formation varies within and among regions.
Daniells, J.J., Gulliver, P., Kench, P.S., Perry, C.T., Riegl, B.R., Smithers, S.G.   +5 more
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Automated classification of three-dimensional reconstructions of coral reefs using convolutional neural networks [PDF]

, 2020
© The Author(s), 2020. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Hopkinson, B. M., King, A. C., Owen, D. P., Johnson-Roberson, M., Long, M. H., & Bhandarkar, S.
Bhandarkar, Suchendra M., Hopkinson, Brian M., Johnson-Roberson, Matthew, King, Andrew C., Long, Matthew H., Owen, Daniel P.   +5 more
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Performance of a Subgrade-Embankment-Seawall System Reinforced by Drainage PCC Piles and Ordinary Piles Subjected to Lateral Spreading

Geofluids, 2023
Coral sand is widely distributed in coastal areas and used as a soil foundation in an increasing number of projects. Historical records show that the liquefaction and lateral spreading of coral sand foundations occurred many times during earthquakes ...
Zhixiong Chen, Buxin Wang, Chenglong Wang, Yonghong Wang, Peng Xiao, Kangyin Li   +5 more
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Studi Komunitas Rumput Laut pada Berbagai Substrat di Perairan Pantai Permisan Kabupaten Cilacap [PDF]

, 2014
Seaweed naturally grows in substrate of sand, mixing between sand, mud and shell fragments, and also coral. Previous researches stated that there were types of seaweed that able to grow in more than one substrates.
Ferawati, E. (Eti), Insan, I. (Ilalqisny), Widyartini, D. S. (Dwi)   +2 more
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Experimental Analysis of the Changes in Coral Sand Beach Profiles under Regular Wave Conditions

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
This study utilized 50 laboratory experiments to document the evolution of coral beaches under varying regular wave conditions, including five distinct wave periods and ten wave heights.
Zhen Yao, Jie Chen, Changbo Jiang, Hai Liang, Zhiyuan Wu, Bin Deng, Yuannan Long, Chen Bian   +7 more
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Physical Modeling of the Stability of a Revetment Breakwater Built on Reclaimed Coral Calcareous Sand Foundation in the South China Sea—Regular Wave

Applied Sciences, 2021
In the past several years, a series of artificial islands have been constructed on the top of coral reefs by China in the South China Sea by way of reclamation.
Kunpeng He, Jianhong Ye
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