Elevated land runoff after European settlement perturbs persistent foraminiferal assemblages on the Great Barrier Reef

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-121

  Uthicke, S ^a   Patel, F ^a   Ditchburn, R ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community persistence; Coral reef; Foraminifera; Great Barrier Reef Australia; Land runoff; Local vs. global stressors; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BARRIER REEF; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBAL CHANGE; HETEROTROPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIXOTROPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PERSISTENCE; SEDIMENT CORE; TURBIDITY;

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAMINIFER; GENETICS; HOUSING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAMINIFERA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOUSING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84858422298     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0665.1     Document Type: Article

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