Can environmental records be extracted from coral skeletons from Moreton Bay, Australia, a subtropical, turbid environment?

Coral Reefs

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 517-522

  Roberts, L G ^a   Harriott, V J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral growth; Luminescence; Marginal reef; Subtropical

Indexed keywords

CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; HISTORICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; SKELETON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; PSAMMOCORA; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0347028348     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-003-0337-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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