The potential of the coral species Porites astreoides as a paleoclimate archive for the Tropical South Atlantic Ocean
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2017.05.008
Abstract: Abstract The aragonitic skeletons of corals are unique archives of geochemical tracers that can be used as proxies for environmental conditions with high fidelity and sub-annual resolution. Such records have been extensively used for reconstruction… read more here.
Keywords: porites astreoides; south atlantic; coral species; south ... See more keywords
Santa Maria di Leuca Province (Mediterranean Sea): Identification of Suitable Mounds for Cold-Water Coral Settlement Using Geomorphometric Proxies and Maxent Methods
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DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00338
Abstract: The Santa Maria di Leuca (SML) cold-water coral province (northern Ionian Sea) has the largest occurrence of a living white coral community currently known in the Mediterranean Sea. Madrepora oculata and Lophelia pertusa, identified as… read more here.
Keywords: geomorphometric proxies; sea; province; santa maria ... See more keywords