The importance of large benthic foraminifera to reef island sediment budget and dynamics at Raine Island, northern Great Barrier Reef

• Published in: Geomorphology
• Main Authors: Dawson, JL, Smithers, SG, Hua, Q
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: REEFS; CLIMATIC CHANGE; SEAS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENTS; Reef Island; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/7141; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.03.023

Low-lying reef islands are among the most vulnerable environments on earth to anthropogenic-induced climate change and sea-level rise over the next century because they are low, composed of unconsolidated sediment that is able to be mobilised by waves and currents, and depend on sediments supplied b...