@article {Hubbard:1985:0007-4977:325,
title = "Growth rates of seven species of scleractinean corals from Cane Bay and Salt River, St. Croix, USVI",
journal = "Bulletin of Marine Science",
parent_itemid = "infobike://umrsmas/bullmar",
publishercode ="umrsmas",
year = "1985",
volume = "36",
number = "2",
publication date ="1985-03-01T00:00:00",
pages = "325-338",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0007-4977",
eissn = "1553-6955",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1985/00000036/00000002/art00007",
author = "Hubbard, Dennis K. and Scaturo, David",
abstract = "Growth rates were determined for 95 specimens of Montastrea annularis and 25 samples of 6 other scleractinean species. Samples were collected along five transects at Cane Bay and Salt River submarine canyon on St. Croix, USVI. Montastrea annularis was the fastest-growing
species in shallow water (0.41.2 cm/yr). Others ranged from 0.150.45 cm/yr (maximum), While a general trend of decreasing growth rate with depth (340 m) was observed for all corals, rates for Montastrea annularis clustered into two groups: 0.70.9 cm/yr in
water depths less than 12 m, and 0.20 cm/yr below 1820 m. The dramatic decrease in growth rate between these depths may reflect a "light compensation depth," below which photosynthetically driven calcification rapidly declines. Analyses suggest water depth, light level, turbidity and
sedimentation rate as major controls of coral-growth rate. Slope of the substrate exhibits a secondary but inconsistent control.",
}