Coral reef geomorphology as a function of seasonal prevailing currents and larval dispersal

Recent ecological and oceanographic evidence has demonstrated that coral recruitment can be highly localised and very successful in areas of high water residence time (eddy areas) on coral reefs. These areas occur in the lee of time-averaged and depth-averaged far-field currents. In this study, several reefs in the central region of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, were examined to determine the relationship between asymmetry in reef …