Stromatolites as Holocene Reef-Builders: Modern Version of an Ancient Role

Exuma（巴哈马）外的全新世叠层石礁提供了一个 一个独特的机会来研究一个现代的模拟与古老的珊瑚礁- 工程兵. 标准的地质技术，如钻探， 放射性碳，薄片，扫描电镜，稳定同位素，将定义 珊瑚礁的发展历史，而生物技术 将研究生物体，放牧率，沉积率， 初级生产力等。

The Holocene stromatolite reef off Exuma (Bahamas) provides a unique opportunity to study a modern-day analog with ancient reef- builders. Standard geological techniques, such as drilling, radiocarbon, thinsection, SEM, stable isotopes, will define the developmental history of the reefs, while biological techniques will study the organisms, grazing rates, sedimentation rates, primary productivity, etc.