黔桂地区石炭纪地层中发现了一些规模不等的珊瑚礁，这些礁体的产出时代为韦宪期至格舍尔期。对黔桂地区石炭纪珊瑚礁演化动力学研究，可以建立起不同时期珊瑚造礁群落之间的动态演化过程并链接出完整的石炭纪后生动物格架礁系统的演化线索。对黔桂地区石炭纪珊瑚礁形成的动力机制研究有助于深入认识在F/F大规模生物灭绝事件之后从潜在的格架建造生物在钙质微生物主导的礁环境中出现到真正意义上的格架礁形成这一生物礁系统中重要的生态演化过程，对分析石炭纪后生动物格架礁系统的演化动力来源方面也具有重要意义。黔桂地区珊瑚礁与礁体周围的钙质微生物建造及叠层石礁的出现提供了一个关于石炭纪格架礁群落与微生物礁群落之间关系的研究契机。本课题的研究目的在于全面了解F/F大规模生物灭绝事件之后石炭纪后生动物格架礁生态系统复苏和重建的过程。

Some coral reefs of Visean to Gzhelian have been found in Carboniferous strata of Guizhou and Guangxi areas, and they have different sizes. The present study focuses on evolutionary dynamics of Carboniferous coral reefs in Guizhou and Guangxi areas. This study can help us to establish the dynamic evolution process of coral reef-building communities at different stages and reveal a complete evolution clue of the Carboniferous framework reef ecosystem. The study of the dynamical mechanism of Carboniferous coral reefs in Guizhou and Guangxi areas contributes to in-depth understanding of the shift from the occurrence of potential frame-building organisms in reefs dominated by calcimicrobes to the forming of true framework reefs, which is an important evolution process of the reef ecosystem after the Late Devonian (Frasnian/Famennian) mass extinction event. It also contributes significantly to the analysis of evolution dynamic sources of the Carboniferous framework reef ecosystem. The occurrence of stromatolite reefs, coral reefs and microbial buildups near the coral reef provides a good chance for the study of the relationship between framework reef communities and microbial reef communities during the Carobiferous. The purpose of this study is a comprehensive understanding of recovery and reestablishment of the Carboniferous framework reef ecosystem after the Frasnian/Famennian mass extinction event.