Fanning Island Expedition, January 1970

abundant Acropora algae algal average benthic benthic surveys branches buoy Cable Station calcite calcium carbonate CALIFORNIA cement clear water coccolithophorids collected concentrations coral knolls coral reef crab current speed Cypraea Department of Oceanography depth DIEGO LIBRARY Edmondson English Harbor English Harbor channel Eniwetok ERSITY estuary Fanning Atoll Fanning Island Fanning Island lagoon Fanning Lagoon fauna Figure filters flow flux Gymnothorax pictus Hawaii Institute Institute of Geophysics January lagoon water Line Islands line reefs Linn male Area Marshall Islands measured mg/liter mollusks Montipora Morula Napu Naiaroa North and Rapa North Pass observed ocean Oceanography offshore Palmyra particulate organic carbon percent phosphate phytoplankton plume production Rapa Pass Raroia reef flat reported salinity samples SAN DIEGO Schiesser seaward reef sediment shallow shore species specimens surface suspended CaCO3 suspended load Table temperature Thallus Tidal height tide turbid water turbid-water UNIVERSITY volume transport water area windward