Several centuries of variation in skeletal extension, density and calcification in massive Porites colonies from the Great Barrier Reef: A proxy for seawater temperature and a background of variability against which to identify unnatural change

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-67

  Lough, J M ^a   Barnes, D J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral; Density bands; Palaeoclimate; Porites; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

CORAL; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; COLONY FORMATION; DENSITY; GROWTH; NONHUMAN; SKELETON; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CALCIFICATION; CORAL; CORAL GROWTH; DENSITY BANDS; PALAEOCLIMATE; PORITES; SEAWATER TEMPERATURE; SKELETAL DENSITY; SST;

CORAL SEA, GREAT BARRIER REEF;

PORITES;

EID: 0030620946     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02710-4     Document Type: Article

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