Coral record of increased sediment flux to the inner Great Barrier Reef since European settlement

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6924, 2003, Pages 727-730

  McCulloch, Malcolm ^a   Fallon, Stewart ^a,c   Wyndham, Timothy ^a   Hendy, Erica ^a   Lough, Janice ^b   Barnes, David ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

CORALS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BARIUM; CALCIUM;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORAL REEF; EROSION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DROUGHT; ESTUARY; FLOOD TIDE; FLOODING; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMMIGRATION; LAND USE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CATTLE; ECOLOGY; EUROPE; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NATURAL DISASTERS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWATER; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES;

EID: 0037434788     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01361     Document Type: Article

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