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Ecological succession on cobble substrates: a reply

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2016

Mark A. Wilson
Mark A. Wilson*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio 44691
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In a recent paper, Kobluk and Lysenko (1987) described the effects of hurricanes on coral and milleporid distribution in coral reef rubble near the coast of a Fijian island. Their main thesis was that cryptic sub-rubble coral populations may act as “preserves” for reef surface communities. This was supported by data showing that on the protected undersides of boulders the composition of post-hurricane coral and milleporid populations were little changed from their pre-hurricane states. In a final section entitled “Paleontological implications,” Kobluk and Lysenko (1987, p. 673) stated, “Wilson (1985) studied just such a rubble-dwelling fauna in the Ordovician of Kentucky.” The authors then discussed “another interpretation” of the paleoecologic succession described in Wilson (1985). Because the Ordovician succession described by Wilson may be one of the few valid examples of an autogenic ecological succession in the fossil record (see Miller, 1986) the re-interpretation by Kobluk and Lysenko (1987) must be answered.

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Paleontological Notes
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , March 1988 , pp. 313
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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