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bioherm

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bioherm [ˈbaɪəʊˌhɜːm]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a mound of material laid down by sedentary marine organisms, esp a coral reef
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the fossilized remains of such a mound
[from bio- + Greek herma submerged rock]


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This area is known as the Oculina Bank, a series of reefs and high-relief bioherms (thickets of live coral, capping mounds of sediment and coral rubble, built upon an underlying lithified base structure) constructed by the scleractinian ivory tree coral (Oculina varicosa).
This biozone was defined for the first time (Soufiane & Achab 2000) in the beds covering the bioherms of the Laframboise Mb.
1991, Holocene sponge bioherms on the western Canadian continental shelf.
 
 
 
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