The 13C Suess effect in scleractinian corals mirror changes in the anthropogenic CO2 inventory of the surface oceans

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Swart, Peter K ^a   Greer, Lisa ^a,b   Rosenheim, Brad E ^a,c   Moses, Chris S ^a,d   Waite, Amanda J ^a   Winter, A ^e   Dodge, Richard E ^f   Helmle, Kevin ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon 13; corals; Suess effect

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE CONTROLS; CARBON-13; CORALS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; OCEANIC CONDITIONS; SCLERACTINIAN CORALS; SECULAR VARIATION; SUESS EFFECT;

GROWTH RATE;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 77955199435     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041397     Document Type: Article

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