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patch reef

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patch reef [′pach ‚rēf]
(geology)
A small, irregular organic reef with a flat top forming a part of a reef complex.
A small, thick, isolated lens of limestone or dolomite surrounded by rocks of different facies.


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They are usually found anywhere in Hawk Channel on patch reefs and offshore along the main reefline.
It doesn't matter that you went out to a little patch reef in San Blas and you counted only herbivores, for example, and I went out to a reef in Banco Chincorro and counted all fish species.
To learn more, Loya and a colleague travelled to a patch reef near Okinawa, Japan.
 
 
 
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