2010
DOI: 10.1890/090176
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Instability in a marginal coral reef: the shift from natural variability to a human‐dominated seascape

Abstract: As global climate change drives the demise of tropical reef ecosystems, attention is turning to the suitability of refuge habitat. For the Great Barrier Reef, are there historically stable southern refugia where corals from the north might migrate as climate changes? To address this question, we present a precise chronology of marginal coral reef development from Moreton Bay, southeast Queensland, Australia. Our chronology shows that reef growth was episodic, responding to natural environmental variation throu… Show more

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“…Climatic drivers have had a role in many ancient extinctions events, but not in all. The following examples illustrate how examination of the fossil record can help address the drivers of biological changes in marine ecosystems and distinguish the impacts of climate change from other impacts [84].…”
Section: Habitat Lossmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Climatic drivers have had a role in many ancient extinctions events, but not in all. The following examples illustrate how examination of the fossil record can help address the drivers of biological changes in marine ecosystems and distinguish the impacts of climate change from other impacts [84].…”
Section: Habitat Lossmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…2 to 9‰ during floods) high turbidity and frequent freshwater input (Guinotte et al, 2003;Lybolt et al, 2011;Neil, 1998). Thus, extant coral reef communities of Moreton Bay live in a naturally "stressed" ecosystem (Johnson and Neil, 1998;Lybolt et al, 2011;Neil, 1998).…”
Section: Study Location and Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Warm air and sea surface temperatures (SST ~2°C higher than today), high rainfall of low intensity and low variability resulted in low, less variable run-off and presumably low turbidity conditions, which would have allowed for the proliferation of fastgrowing, branching Acropora-coral dominated reefs (Cobb et al, 2013;Lybolt et al, 2011;Neil, 1998). The subsequent onset of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and its intensification (Figure 2), resulted in high frequency, variable rainfall, storm and…”
Section: Study Location and Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
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