Melia Phuket Mai Khao lies in the tranquil north of Phuket, ideally situated alongside the clear waters of the sun-drenched beach known for the tropical
reef clusters just offshore.
Dutton said that the strength of the stalagmite archive is that it is not as susceptible to alteration by the environment when compared with coral
reef clusters that are also commonly used to date sea water rises.
Thus, subpopulations with relatively homogeneous demographic parameters occurred on scales of
reef clusters. Previous studies, by contrast, have found substantial between-reef variation in demographic parameters within regions.