Di Salvo, Louis H.2008-11-182008-11-181969-01Di Salvo LH. 1969. Notes. On the existence of a coral reef regenerative sediment. Pac Sci 23(1): 129.0030-8870http://hdl.handle.net/10125/3380Calcareous Detrial Sediment has been recovered from the interiors of semiconsolidated ramose non-living coral formations of several coral reef areas. While collecting invertebrates from Indian Ocean coral reefs during participation in the International Indian Ocean Expedition (1963), I was impressed by the general presence of a muddy sediment which was released into the water when the dead coral substratum was broken up. The presence of such a sediment seemed unusual in view of the normal clarity of the typically unproductive reef waters and the absence of land-derived sediments. At that time I began hypothesizing about the sediment dynamics and decomposer function in coral reef microenvironments.en-USArticle