StartGrid ViewAuthor Index View Uploaded Presentations Meeting Information
Paper No. 18
Presentation Time: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM

MODELLING THE PATTERNS OF CORALLITE ARRANGEMENT AND COLONY SHAPES IN SCLERACTINIAN CORALS


JUNG, Jikhan, Geoscience, University of Iowa, Trowbridge Hall North Capitol St, Iowa City, IA 52242, jikhan-jung@uiowa.edu

A three-dimensional model of coral colony growth is presented. In this model, behavioral parameters of coral polyps such as connectivity, branching rate, growth rate, and their effects on corallite arrangement are explored. Different patterns of corallite arrangement that resemble the patterns seen in scleractinian corals can be formed by varying these parameters. Other factors that may affect the morphogenesis of coral colony are also discussed.

Session No. 89--Booth# 55

Paleontology: Morphological Evolution & Morphology and Systematics (Posters)
Monday, 5 November 2012: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Hall B (Charlotte Convention Center)
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 44, No. 7, p.232
© Copyright 2012 The Geological Society of America (GSA), all rights reserved. Permission is hereby granted to the author(s) of this abstract to reproduce and distribute it freely, for noncommercial purposes. Permission is hereby granted to any individual scientist to download a single copy of this electronic file and reproduce up to 20 paper copies for noncommercial purposes advancing science and education, including classroom use, providing all reproductions include the complete content shown here, including the author information. All other forms of reproduction and/or transmittal are prohibited without written permission from GSA Copyright Permissions.
Back to: Paleontology: Morphological Evolution & Morphology and Systematics (Posters)
<< Previous Abstract | Next Abstract >>