Environmental controls on growth of massive Porites corals from the Great Barrier Reef

• Other Authors: Australian Institute of Marine Science (isOwnedBy)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: data.gov.au
• Subjects: Atmosphere; Atmospheric Radiation; Biological Classification; Calcification; Coastal Processes; Coral Deposits; Coral Reefs; Densitometry; Density banding; Environmental gradient; Incoming Solar Radiation; Ocean Temperature; Oceans; Paleoclimate; Porites australiensis; Porites lobata; Porites lutea; Porites mayeri; Porites solida; Sea Surface Temperature; Skeleton; Austral; Percy; Hope Island; Flinders; Rocky Island; Cape Melville; Double Island; Hope island
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/environmental-controls-growth-barrier-reef/1920678; http://data.gov.au/dataset/7b61c709-3360-4208-90ae-b2db19492cb8

Massive Porites colonies were collected from 29 reefs, located along the length and across the width of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) between November 1987 and May 1992. The reefs were located within the following regions: Northern GBR (Lagoon Reef, Eel Reef, Portland Roads, Rocky Island, Night Islan...