Seasonal variation in skeletal extension rate and stable isotopic (13C/12C and 18O/16O) composition in response to several environmental variables in the Caribbean reef coral Siderastrea siderea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 109-118

  Guzmán, Héctor M ^a   Tudhope, Alexander W ^b  

^a APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coral skeleton; Panama; Reefs; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEASONALITY;

PANAMA;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; SIDERASTREA SIDEREA;

EID: 0032574947     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps166109     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Acevedo R, Morelock J, Olivieri RA (1989) Modification of coral reef zonation by terrigenous sediment stress. Palaios 4:92-100
2. Antonius A (1980) Occurrence and distribution of stony corals in the Gulf of Cariaco, Venezuela. Int Rev Ges Hydrobiol 65:339-343
3. Barnes DJ, Devereux MJ (1988) Variations in skeletal architecture associated with density banding in the hard coral Porites. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 121:37-54
4. Barnes DJ, Lough JM (1990) Computer simulations showing the likely effects of calix architecture and other factors on retrieval of density information from coral skeletons. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 137:141-164
5. Barnes DJ, Taylor RB, Lough JM (1995) On the inclusion of trace materials into massive coral skeletons. 2. Distortions in skeletal records of annual climate cycles due to growth processes. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 194:251-275
6. Buddemeier RW, Kinzie RA III (1975) The Chronometric reliability of contemporary corals. In: Rosenberg GD, Runcorn SK (eds) Growth rhythms and the history of the earth's rotation. John Wiley, New York, p 135-146
7. Buddemeier RW, Kinzie RA III (1976) Coral growth. Oceanogr Mar Biol Ann Rev 14:183-225
8. Carriquiry JD, Risk MJ, Schwarcz HP (1994) Stable isotope geochemistry of corals from Costa Rica as proxy indicator of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Geochim Cosmochim Acta 58:335-351
9. Cole JE, Fairbanks RE, Shen GT (1993) Recent variability in the Southern Oscillation: isotopic results from a Tarawa Atoll coral. Science 260:1790-1793
10. Cortés J, Risk MJ (1985) A reef under siltation stress: Cahuita, Costa Rica. Bull Mar Sci 36:339-356
11. Cubit JD (1985) Possible effects of recent changes in sea level on the biota of a Caribbean reef flat and predicted effects of rising sea levels. Proc 5th Int Coral Reef Congr 3: 111-118
12. Cubit JD, Caffey HM, Thompson RC, Windsor DM (1989) Meteorology and hydrography of a shoaling reef flat on the Caribbean coast of Panama. Coral Reefs 8:59-68
13. Cubit JD, Thompson RC, Caffey HM, Windsor DM (1988) Hydrography and meteorological studies of a Caribbean fringing reef at Punta Galeta, Panama: hourly and daily variations 1977-1985. Smithson Contrib Mar Sci 32:1-220
14. Dodge RE, Lang JC (1983) Environmental correlates of hermatypic coral (Montastraea annularis) growth on the east Flower Gardens Bank, northwest Gulf of Mexico. Limnol Oceanogr 28:228-240
15. Dodge RE, Thomson J (1974) The natural radiochemical and growth records in contemporary hermatypic corals from the Atlantic and Caribbean. Earth Planet Sci Lett 23: 313-322
16. Dodge RE, Vaišnys JR (1980) Skeletal growth chronologies of recent and fossil corals. In: Rhoads DC, Lutz RA (eds) Skeletal growth of aquatic organisms. Plenum Press, New York, p 228-240
17. 2: natural variations Archean to present. Geophys Monogr 32
18. Dunbar RB, Cole JE (1993) Coral records of ocean-atmosphere variability: report from the workshop on coral paleoclimate reconstruction. NOAA Climate and Global Change Program, Spec Rep #10, La Parguera, PR
19. Dunbar RB, Wellington GM (1981) Stable isotopes in a branching coral monitor seasonal temperature variation. Nature 293:453-455
20. Dunbar RB, Wellington GM, Colgan MW, Glynn PW (1994) Eastern Pacific climate variability since 1600 A.D.: stable isotopes in Galapagos corals. Paleoceanography 9:291-315
21. Dustan P (1975) Growth and form in the reef-building coral Montastraea annularis. Mar Biol 33:101-107
22. Epstein S, Buchsbaum R, Lowenstam HA, Urey HC (1953) Revised carbonate-water isotopic temperature scale. Bull Geol Soc Am 64:1315-1326
23. Erez J (1978) Vital effect on stable-isotope composition seen in foraminifera and coral skeletons. Nature 273:199-202
24. Foster AB (1977) Patterns of small-scale variation of skeletal morphology within the scleractinian corals, Montastraea annularis and Siderastrea siderea. Proc Third Int Coral Reef Symp 2:402-415
25. Gagan MK, Chivas AR, Isdale PJ (1994) High-resolution isotopic records from corals using ocean temperature and mass-spawning chronometers. Earth Planet Sci Lett 121: 549-558
26. Guzmán HM, Burns K, Jackson JBC (1994) Injury, regeneration and growth of Caribbean corals after a major oil spill in Panama. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 105:231-241
27. Guzmán HM, Cortés J (1989) Growth rates of eight species of scleractinians corals in the eastern Pacific (Costa Rica). Bull Mar Sci 44:1186-1194
28. Guzmán HM, Holst I (1993) Effects of chronic oil-sediment pollution on the reproduction of the Caribbean reef coral Siderastrea siderea. Mar Pollut Bull 26:276-282
29. Guzmán HM, Jackson JBC, Holst I (1993) Changes and recovery of subtidal reef corals. In: Keller BD, Jackson JBC (eds) Long-term assessment of the oil spill at Bahía Las Minas, Panama. US Department of Interior, Mineral Management Services, New Orleans, p 361-446
30. Guzmán HM, Jackson JBC, Weil E (1991) Short-term ecological consequences of a major oil spill on Panamanian subtidal reef corals. Coral Reefs 10:1-12
31. Guzmán HM, Jarvis KE (1996) Vanadium century record from Caribbean reef corals: a tracer of oil pollution in Panama. Ambio 25:523-526
32. Klein R, Loya Y (1991) Skeletal growth and density patterns of two Pontes corals from the Gulf of Eilat, Red Sea. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 77:253-259
33. Klein R, Pätzold J, Wefer G, Loya Y (1992) Seasonal variations in the stable isotopic composition and skeletal density pattern of the coral Porites lobata (Gulf of Eilat, Red Sea). Mar Biol 112:259-263
34. Klein R, Pätzold J, Wefer G, Loya Y (1993) Depth-related timing of density band formation in Pontes spp. corals from the Red Sea inferred from X-ray chronology and stable isotopes. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 97:99-104
35. Knutson DW, Buddemeier RW, Smith SV (1972) Coral chronometers: seasonal growth bands in reef corals. Science 177:270-272
36. Linsley BK, Dunbar RB, Wellington GM, Mucciarone DA (1994) A coral based reconstruction of Intertropical Convergence Zone variability over Central America since 1707. J Geophys Res 99:9977-9994
37. Lough JM, Barnes DJ (1990a) Possible relationships between environmental variables and skeletal density in a coral colony from the Central Great Barrier Reef. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 134:221-241
38. Lough JM, Barnes DJ (1990b) Intra-annual timing of density bands formation of Porites coral from the central Great Barrier Reef. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 135:35-57
39. Macintyre IG, Glynn PW (1976) Evolution of modern Caribbean fringing reef, Galeta Point, Panama. AAPG (Am Assoc Pet Geol) Bull 60:1054-1072
40. Macintyre IG, Pilkey OH (1969) Tropical reef corals: tolerance of low temperatures on the North Carolina continental shelf. Science 166:374-375
41. 18O isotopic disequilibrium in biological carbonates: I. Patterns. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 53:151-162
42. 18O isotopic disequilibrium in biological carbonates: II. In vitro simulation of kinetic isotope effects. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 53:163-171
43. Muthiga AN, Szmant AM (1987) The effects of salinity stress on the rates of aerobic respiration and photosynthesis in the hermatypic coral Siderastrea siderea. Biol Bull (Woods Hole) 173:539-551
44. Pätzold J (1984) Growth rhythms recorded in stable isotopes and density bands in the reef coral Porites lobata (Cebu, Philippines). Coral Reefs 3:87-90
45. Porter JW, Fitt WK, Spero JH, Rogers CS, White MW (1989) Bleaching in reef corals: physiological and stable isotopic responses. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 86:9342-9346
46. Shen GT, Cole JE, Lea DW, Linn LJ, McConnaughey TA, Fairbanks RG (1992) Surface ocean variability at Galapagos from 1936-1982: calibration of geochemical tracers in corals. Paleoceanography 7:563-588
47. Steam CW, Scoffin TP, Martindale W (1977) Calcium carbonate budget of a fringing reef on the west coast of Barbados. Bull Mar Sci 27:479-510
48. Swart PK (1983) Carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation in scleractinian corals: a review. Earth-Sci Rev 19:51-80
49. Swart PK, Coleman ML (1980) Isotopic data for scleractinian corals explain their paleotemperature uncertainties. Nature 283:557-559
50. Tudhope AW, Shimmield GB, Chilcott CP, Jebb M, Fallick AE, Dalgleish AN (1995) Recent changes in climate in the far western equatorial Pacific and their relationship to the Southern Oscillation; oxygen isotope records from massive corals, Papua New Guinea. Earth Planet Sci Lett 136: 575-590
51. Weber JN, White EW, Weber PH (1975) Correlation of density banding in reef coral skeletons with environmental parameters, the basis for interpretation of chronological records preserved in the coralla of corals. Paleobiology 1: 137-149
52. Weber JN, Woodhead PMJ (1970) Carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation in the skeletal carbonate of reef building corals. Chem Geol 6:93-117
53. Weil SM, Buddemeier RW, Smith SV, Kroopnick PM (1981) The stable isotopic composition of coral skeletons: control by environmental variables. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 45:1147-1153
54. Wellington GM, Dunbar RB (1995) Regional variation in the stable isotopic signature of ENSO events in reef corals in the eastern Pacific. Coral Reefs 14:5-25
55. Wellington GM, Glynn PW (1983) Environmental influences on skeletal banding in eastern Pacific (Panama) corals. Coral Reefs 1:215-222
56. Yurtsever Y, Gat JR (1981) Atmospheric waters. In: Gat JR, Gonfiantini R (eds) Stable isotope hydrology: deuterium and oxygen-18 in the water cycle. IAEA Tech Rep Ser 210, Vienna, p 103-142