Coral Reef Island in the Maldives (IMAGE)

University of Exeter

Coral Reef Island in the Maldives

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The study, based on work in the Maldives and published in the journal Geology, found that parrotfish produced more than 85 percent of the new sand-grade sediment on the reefs around these reef islands.

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Chris Perry, University of Exeter

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