Database on isolated low-latitude carbonate banks

Abstract

A database on modern isolated neritic carbonate banks from the tropical and subtropical oceans provides individual and collective data on the geography (distribution and coordinates), morphology (summit area, perimeter, depth, reefs). A bibliography is also provided. Maps illustrate the global distribution and the major clusters of the banks. The database allows to estimate the number of banks that were too small to be mapped, and gives insights into the global significance of carbonate bank summits and slopes.