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Skeletogenesis in Scleractinian Corals: The Transport and Deposition of Strontium and Calcium

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The scleractinians or stony corals are an order of coelenterates that form aragonitic calcium carbonate skeletons. They are functionally divided into two groups: the hermatypic (reef-building) and the ahermatypic (nonreef-building) corals. The vast majority of the hermatypic corals are found in shallow, tropical oceans, where their skeletons frequently form vast coral reefs. These tropical hermatypes characteristically contain within their cells large populations of the endosymbiotic dinoflagellate Gymnodinium microadriaticum.

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Chalker, B.E. (1981). Skeletogenesis in Scleractinian Corals: The Transport and Deposition of Strontium and Calcium. In: Skoryna, S.C. (eds) Handbook of Stable Strontium. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3698-3_4

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