Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4ème série – section A – Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie animales
18 (1-2) - Pages 13-21We present the basis of a computer modelling method that we applied to corals. Using both architectural analysis of species and elaboration of computer programs, it allows three dimensional synthesis images of corals structures. It can be used at the polyp level, at the colony level, and can be extended to the study of reef plots.
Coral, coral reef, Scleractinian, modelling, computer simulation, method