Macroscopic Modelling of Environmental Influence on Growth and Form of Sponges and Corals Using the Accretive Growth Model
Figure 11
Plot of the correlation between branch thickness and branch spacing (see [8] for details). In colored labels of real corals the first three characters denote the name of the species, that is, Mir ≡M. mirabilis, For ≡M. formosa, Dec ≡M. decactis, and Car ≡M. carmabi. Followed by the ID number in our database. The corals M. mirabilis (Mir393 and Mir394) are, respectively, shown in Figures 1(a) and 1(b). Simulated growth forms are denoted using black labels, followed by the value of surface diffusion coefficient (7). In simulations where the influence of light is taken into account (light1) the value of the surface diffusion coefficient is followed by the value of light intensity parameter (4).
