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Corals: Past & Future
James Falter, Malcolm McCullochARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
The Oceans Institute at UWA
This project is funded by the Gorgon Barrow Island Net Conservation Benefits Fund, which is administered by the WA Department of Parks and Wildlife.
Pilbara & Ningaloo
The Great, the Good, and the Ugly
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Pilbara & Ningaloo
Differential response of corals to anomalous ocean warming as evident from skeletal Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios
Harry Clarke1,2, Juan Pablo D’Olivo1,2,James Falter1,2, Jens Zinke3, Ryan Lowe1,2 and Malcolm McCulloch1,2
(In)Effects of 2010-2011 heat wave
Little impact at Tantabiddi
Little impact at Tantabiddi
Trace elements show Bundegi felt the heat
Trace elements show Bundegi felt the heat
Slowdown in coral growth at Bundegi
Symmetric disruption suggests physiological breakdown in coral calcification
Past evidence of thermal stress in the central Pilbara?
Long-term trends in coral calcification throughout the central Pilbara?
First evidence: growth rates
First evidence: growth rates
More refined evidence: trace elements
More refined evidence: trace elements
Have corals in the recorded major runoff and dredging events in the Pilbara?
Acknowledgements