Year Book - Carnegie Institution of Washington, Issue 13Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1913 - Research |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 66
Page 189
... coral reefs , and thus it can not owe its origin to corals , but must have been in existence before the corals grew upon it . Vaughan has extended this idea , showing that certainly in the Florida - West Indian region , and probably ...
... coral reefs , and thus it can not owe its origin to corals , but must have been in existence before the corals grew upon it . Vaughan has extended this idea , showing that certainly in the Florida - West Indian region , and probably ...
Page 221
... corals are not normal in the dark , although they will endure the exclusion of light for a considerable period , and the fact that corals are absent on the central piers under Fort Jefferson wharf , where it is dark , while they are ...
... corals are not normal in the dark , although they will endure the exclusion of light for a considerable period , and the fact that corals are absent on the central piers under Fort Jefferson wharf , where it is dark , while they are ...
Page 222
... corals may do as constructional geologic agents , and especially in the formation of those calcium- carbonate structures designated " coral reefs . " In order properly to evaluate corals as constructional agents , the subject needs to ...
... corals may do as constructional geologic agents , and especially in the formation of those calcium- carbonate structures designated " coral reefs . " In order properly to evaluate corals as constructional agents , the subject needs to ...
Contents
Report of the President of the Institution 539 | 5 |
Bibliography of publications relating to work of investigators associates | 40 |
Financial statement 5559 | 55 |
5 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Acad acid activity Amer amount amylase animals apparatus appears atmosphere average calcium calcium carbonate carbonate Carnegie Institution Cassiopea cells cent chalcocite changes Chem chemical CO₂ color completed continued corals covellite crystals Department determined effect eggs electric experimental experiments factors Florida Fort Jefferson Golding Cay gray kingbird growth increase indicate Institution of Washington instruments investigation Island Jour July June Laboratory large number larvæ lines magnetic magnitude marcasite material measured ment metabolism method motion Murray Island normal observations Observatory obtained osmotic osmotic pressure period photographs plants plates possible present pressure previous reports produced Professor proper motion protein publication radial velocities reef region relation royal terns sea-water solar solutions species specimens spectra spectral type spectrum spermatozoa stars stellar sulphide surface temperature tested tion tissue Tortugas variations various wave-length weight