Relationship between coral growth rate and sea surface temperature in the northern part of South China Sea during the past 100 a

Nie, Baofu; Chen, Tegu; Liang, Meitao; You-qiang, Wang; Zhong, Jun; Zhu, Yongxuan

doi:10.1007/bf02878376

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“…2). On the positive film, the coral's annual growing sequence can be identified by a dark and bright couplet, which represents a slow growth period during winter season and a fast growth period during summer, respectively (Nie et al, 1996).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Variation of the winter monsoon in South China Sea over the past 183years: Evidence from oxygen isotopes in coral

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Peng

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Global and Planetary Change

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“…The lowest SST occurs in January (23.9°C), whereas the highest occurs in June and July (29.5°C). The maximum difference in the monthly temperature is 5.6°C (Nie et al, 1996). Since 1961, the SST showed a rising trend with a rate of 0.21°C every 10 years (Peng et al, 2003).…”

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Variation of the winter monsoon in South China Sea over the past 183years: Evidence from oxygen isotopes in coral

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Zhou

et al. 2012

Global and Planetary Change

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“…However, there is relative small differences in skeletal density among different coral genera, with the largest density of 1.91 ± 0.27 g·cm −3 for Galaxea and the smallest density of 1.22 ± 0.17 g·cm −3 for Platygyra. Most reports on coral skeletal extension rate and density of corals from the South China Sea are on Porite lutea, and the reported extension rate ranges from 10.0 to 16.0 mm·a −1 at Yongshu Reefs in the Nansha Islands [40] , 7.0-15.0 mm·a −1 at the Yongxing Island in the Xisha Islands [41] , and 18.8-19.0 mm·a −1 at the southern Taiwan Island [42] , which are similar to the extension rate of Porites in this study area. The previously reported skeletal density of three Porites lutea from Sanya and Qionghai in Hainan Island varies from 1.25 to 1.35 g·cm −3 [43] , similar to the density value of Porites in this study as well.…”

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Estimate of carbonate production by scleractinian corals at Luhuitou fringing reef, Sanya, China

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Carbonate production by scleractinian corals not only maintains coral reef growth, but also represents an important source of atmospheric carbon dioxide. In this paper the carbonate production by scleractinian corals at Luhuitou fringing reef, Sanya, Hainan Island, China, is investigated with an ecological census-based method. Averaged carbonate production is 1.16 ± 0.55 kg·m −2 ·a −1 and 3.52 ± 1.32 kg·m −2 ·a -1 on the reef flat and reef slope, respectively, depending on the composition and distribution of corals and the intergeneric difference of skeletal growth. In response to the rapidly increasing human impacts, coral carbonate production has decreased by 80%-89% at this fringing reef since the 1960s; as a result, the reef accretion rate declined and became lower than the rate of sea level rise. Further development of the Luhuitou fringing reef will switch significantly from lateral extension seawards to vertical growth, reflecting a response of coral reef bio-geomorphic process to strong human impacts under the background of global sea level rise. In addition, decrease in coral carbonate production reduced CO 2 release from this fringing reef. In the future, it is likely that the role played by coral reefs, especially of fringing reefs, in the ocean and even in the global carbon cycle will be modified or weakened by the increasing human impacts.coral reefs, scleractinian coral, carbonate production, sea level change, atmospheric carbon dioxide, Sanya, Hainan Island Coral reefal carbonate production is the carbonate precipitating process while the reef-building organisms dominated by scleractinian corals grow and reef develops, and it is a key factor controlling the geological and geomorphic development of coral reefs [1] . Because of releasing CO 2 during the carbonate production, coral reefs have been considered as one of global atmospheric CO 2 sources [2][3][4][5][6] and accordingly coral reefal carbonate production is regarded as an important component of the global carbon cycle [7] . Ecological census-based method has been widely used in the investigation and study on the reefal carbonate production [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] . A recent estimate of global reefal carbonate production varied from 0.9 to 2.7 kg·m −2 ·a −1 on reef flat and reef slope, and the gross carbonate production of global coral reefs was 0.65-0.83 Gt·a −1 [7] . Released CO 2 during the carbonate production of global coral reefs was 0.02 to 0.08 Gt C·a −1 [2] . At present, the global coral reefs are dramatically declining owing to global warming and increasing human impacts [17] , such as El Niño, pollution and seawater eutrophication, which bring heavy effects on the reefal carbonate production [18,19] . On the other hand, seawater acidification resulted from atmospheric CO 2 rising is also significantly influencing carbonate production of organisms in shallow sea such as coral reefs [20][21][22][23] . Model predictions suggest that atmospheric CO 2 is expected to increase by 1-1.5 times in the middle to end of the 21th cen...

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“…The fact that a very typical coral reef of considerable size was formed during 7270-6610 cal BP suggests that the average sea water temperature in that period was 2°C higher than at present [15].…”

Section: Paleoenvironmental Interpretationmentioning

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Holocene megathermal abrupt environmental changes derived from 14C dating of a coral reef at Leizhou Peninsula, South China Sea

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et al. 2004

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B:

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Relationship between coral growth rate and sea surface temperature in the northern part of South China Sea during the past 100 a

Cited by 33 publications

References 5 publications

Variation of the winter monsoon in South China Sea over the past 183years: Evidence from oxygen isotopes in coral

Variation of the winter monsoon in South China Sea over the past 183years: Evidence from oxygen isotopes in coral

Estimate of carbonate production by scleractinian corals at Luhuitou fringing reef, Sanya, China

Holocene megathermal abrupt environmental changes derived from 14C dating of a coral reef at Leizhou Peninsula, South China Sea

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