The ecological distribution of certain central Pacific atoll benthic algae

Abstract

This paper focuses on the Central Pacific, where atolls make up the largest percentage of the land mass. Various workers have suggested that many of the physical features of an atoll are due to the growth of its benthic algae. Thus, when a coincidence of interest and technique recently made it possible, this study of the distribution of the benthic algae, and the factors effecting this distribution, was initiated and carried out at Eniwetok Atoll.