Coral Schlerochronology and the Relationship Between Coral Growth Records and Climate Change

• Main Author: Helmle, Kevin P.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: NSUWorks 2009
• Subjects: coral growth; sclerochronology; densitometry; extension; density; calcification; climate change; global warming; carbon dioxide; ocean acidification; Marine Biology; Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology; Soi; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_stuetd/60; https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1355&context=occ_stuetd

The presence of annual density banding in certain long-lived reef-building corals provides a record of the coral’s growth rate over time in response to changing environmental conditions. Coral growth is best described by three parameters: linear extension, bulk density, and calcification. Coral grow...