Advances in understanding climate change on the Great Barrier Reef using coral-based proxies

GE Webb - Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
Despite great international interest and progress in recovering coral-based palaeoclimate
records, there are surprisingly few records for the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), particularly for …

Marginal reefs under stress: Physiological limits render Galápagos corals susceptible to ocean acidification and thermal stress

D Thompson, M McCulloch, JE Cole, EV Reed… - AGU …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean acidification (OA) and thermal stress may undermine corals' ability to calcify and
support diverse reef communities, particularly in marginal environments. Coral calcification …

Equatorial Undercurrent Influence on Surface Seawater δ18O Values in the Galápagos

JL Conroy, NK Murray, GS Patterson… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotopes of oxygen (δ18O) in seawater reflect the combined influences of ocean
circulation and atmospheric moisture balance. However, it is difficult to disentangle …

Regime shift of skeletal δ13C after 1997/1998 El Nino event in Porites coral from Green Island, Taiwan

M Ikeda, A Yamazaki, K Ohmori, HW Chiang… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The 1997/1998 El Niño event caused mass coral bleaching and mortality in many
tropical and subtropical regions, including corals on Green Island, Taiwan, in the …

Coral growth persistence amidst bleaching events

HC Mantanona, TM DeCarlo - Limnology and Oceanography …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As mass bleaching events decimate stony coral populations, production of calcium
carbonate is diminished on reefs, dampening their capacity to keep pace with rising sea …

Western Pacific Warm Pool Warming and Salinity Front Expansion Since 1821 Reconstructed From Paired Coral δ18O, Sr/Ca, and Reconstructed δ18Osw

S Todorović, HC Wu, BK Linsley… - Paleoceanography …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Southwest Pacific region is of great importance to global climate variability, but
instrumental climate observations before the 1980s lack in numbers and quality. Despite …

Coral Sr/Ca-SST calibration: SST records from Kenyan corals

NN Mwadzombo, MP Tole, GP Mwashimba… - Discover Oceans, 2024 - Springer
To better understand the seasonal variability in SST in Kenyan coral reef ecosystems, Sr/Ca
ratios have been measured in Kenyan coral skeletons as proxies of SST, and a new Sr/Ca= f …

A Multi-Century Reconstruction of Sea Surface Temperature, Salinity, and Density From a Northern Red Sea Coral

DN Rivera-Matos - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Abstract The Red Sea Outflow Water (RSOW), an intermediate water mass formed in the
northern Red Sea, is a primary Red Sea water circulation process. Understanding these …

APPENDIX B: BEYOND BLEACHING: THERMAL STRESS CHANGES THE ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF A SHALLOW-WATER CORAL SKELETON

AC Kojima - RECONSTRUCTING PACIFIC TRADE-WIND …, 2023 - search.proquest.com
Anthropogenic warming is linked to more frequent coral bleaching events across the globe.
Previous work has shown that marine heatwaves cause the expulsion of photosynthetic …

Sclerochronological and geochemical records from Porites spp. in Fiji: Assessing massive coral response to environmental changes

A Samperiz Vizcaino - 2022 - orca.cardiff.ac.uk
Coral reefs are one of the most biologically diverse systems on Earth and the ecosystem
services they provide are of high importance for coastal communities and beyond. Yet, they …