Skeletal density

ID: 61

Class: Biomechanical

Description:

The material density of coral skeleton. Porosity measurements can be converted to density by multiplying the reciprocal of porosity by the maximum density of aragonite (2.94 g cm-3).

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Editor: Joshua Madin (contact)

Observations

Acropora aspera

Acropora austera

Acropora cervicornis