Variation in deglacial coralgal assemblages and their paleoenvironmental significance: IODP Expedition 310, "Tahiti Sea Level"

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Abbey, Elizabeth ^a,b   Webster, Jody M ^a,b   Braga, Juan C ^c   Sugihara, Kaoru ^d   Wallace, Carden ^e   Iryu, Yasufumi ^f   Potts, Donald ^g   Done, Terry ^h   Camoin, Gilbert ⁱ   Seard, Claire ⁱ  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e MUSEUM OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

ⁱ Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

Coralgal assemblages; IODP Expedition 310 "Tahiti Sea Level"; Last deglaciation; Paleoenvironmental change; Tahiti

Indexed keywords

CORALGAL ASSEMBLAGES; IODP EXPEDITION 310 'TAHITI SEA LEVEL'; LAST DEGLACIATION; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; TAHITI;

OFFSHORE DRILLING; PLANTS (BOTANY); REEFS; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; TURBIDITY;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

ALGA; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LAST DEGLACIATION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHALLOW WATER; SUBSTRATE; TAXONOMY; TURBIDITY; WATER DEPTH;

SOCIETY ISLANDS; TAHITI; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

ACROPORA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79952314734     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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