Abstract
THREE papers recently published* conclude the reports on the intensive study of the reefs of the Western Indian Ocean that was carried out by the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Such a study necessitated investigation along several lines, geological and geographical, as well as biological, for only by a judicious combination of this kind can one hope to solve such problems as: What are the foundations on which these reefs are built? How have they been formed, and what changes are taking place in them? How can the differences in the fauna of the different areas be explained ?
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SEWELL, R. Coral Reefs of the Western Indian Ocean. Nature 137, 730–731 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137730a0
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