Stromatoporoid Growth Forms?

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Lately if you have seen some of the topics I've started, these trips revolve around an Ordovician reef I came across by the Credit River in Mississauga, Ontario. One of the few things I discovered while exploring these spots is that there are plenty of Stromatocerium sponges which I red is a stromatoporoid. My question is, can anyone lead me to any papers about the growth forms of Ordovician stromatoporoids? I have found specimens of stromatoporoids and from the way I see it, some of the specimens I found of the same species have different growth forms. Some have those things they call monticules on the surface, and some don't exhibit them at all. Instead these specimens exhibit cracks and splits on the surface of the organism with irregular bumps and overgrowths. I'd like to know what causes this.

Some of these sponges, from what I have collected, colonize some pieces of Prismostylus on the top.

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First name that comes to mind:Barry Webby

Specifically Ordovician ones?

 

1-s2.0-0031018280900280-main.pdf

I realize that is not strictly on growth forms,but I'm working on it

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One of the more older pieces on the paleobiology of the subject:

stromatopmal.pdf

Fruitbat's ought to have all of Kershaw's scientific output,I think

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LONG,BUTGOOD

 

OUTTAKE:

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1984:

 

vol27_part1_pp113-130 (1).pdf