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A fringing reef
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barrier reef
As an island sinks, the fringing reef gradually becomes a barrier reef. If the island continues to sink, the barrier reef eventually becomes a signature atoll.
Hard corals (Scleractinia) - reef-building corals that create calcium carbonate skeletons. Soft corals (Alcyonacea) - lack stony skeletons and have a flexible, fleshy appearance. Brain corals (Family: Mussidae) - named for their distinctive brain-like appearance. Staghorn corals (Genus: Acropora) - characterized by their branching, antler-like growth forms.
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Fringing Reef
fringing reefs
fringing reef
Fringing reef is made up of many plankton and grows 100-20 yards from the shore, such as a lagoon.
A fringing reef grows in shallow waters usually a few feet from shore or in lagoons. They are often confused for barrier reefs just by the overall growth of the reef. However, with barrier reefs there is usually a deep portion and located farther from shore than with a fringing reef.
A fringing reef forms a continuous underwater "wall" for some distance, where as a "barrier Reef" are shorter in distances, and have large gaps in them....and will be between shore and the Barrier Reef..............Sea Rambo