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Coral growth rates of massive Porites, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea
Colonies (27) of massive Porites were collected in February 2001 from Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea. Eleven were from shallow water and 16 from deep water. Each colony was cut in half with a chain saw and at least two, 6-7 mm thick slices were cut vertically, close to the centre of each half-colony, air-dried and X-radiographed. Tracks across the slices were measured from the core edge to the centre using a densitometer - 3 for the shallow colonies, and 2 tracks for the deep water colonies.For each colony, a unique identifier, the longitude and latitude, collection date, and depth (shallow 10m) was given. Densitometric track measurements recorded distance from the edge (cm), minimum and maximum density (g.cm-3); and luminescence.A number of variables were calculated from the densitometric track measurements:Annual minimum and maximum density (g.cm-3)Annual density range from minimum to maximum density (g.cm-3)Average annual density - average of minimum and maximum densities (g.cm-3)Annual luminescence extension, and minimum, maximum, and average luminescenceAnnual extension - the distance between adjacent high density maxima (mm)Annual calcification or mass of CaCO3 deposited per unit area per year (g.cm-²) - the product of average annual density and annual extension.
To examine skeletal growth characteristics of massive Porites.
Analysis of the skeletal growth of corals provides insights into the effects of environmental changes.
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- 2024-10-17T00:00:00
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- AIMS Web Site
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- Lough, Janice M, Dr (Principal Investigator)
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- Completed
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- 2001-02-01
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- 2001-02-28
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Coral calcification from skeletal records revisited: Lough JM (2008) Coral calcification from skeletal records revisited. Marine Ecology Progress Series 373: 257-264.
Coral calcification from skeletal records revisited: Lough JM (2008) Coral calcification from skeletal records revisited. Marine Ecology Progress Series 373: 257-264.
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Variability in growth characteristics of massive Porites on the Great Barrier Reef. CRC Reef Research Technical Report No. 28: Lough JM, Barnes DJ, Devereux MJ, Tobin BJ and Tobin S (1999) Variability in growth characteristics of massive Porites on the Great Barrier Reef. CRC Reef Research Technical Report No. 28. 28. CRC Reef Research Centre. 95 p.
Variability in growth characteristics of massive Porites on the Great Barrier Reef. CRC Reef Research Technical Report No. 28: Lough JM, Barnes DJ, Devereux MJ, Tobin BJ and Tobin S (1999) Variability in growth characteristics of massive Porites on the Great Barrier Reef. CRC Reef Research Technical Report No. 28. 28. CRC Reef Research Centre. 95 p.
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- Statement: Methods are described in detail in:Lough JM, Barnes DJ, Devereux MJ, Tobin BJ and Tobin S (1999) Variability in growth characteristics of massive Porites on the Great Barrier Reef. CRC Reef Research Technical Report No. 28. 28. CRC Reef Research Centre. 95 p.
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- 5df4c178-460b-4a56-89a3-673ed2cd99b9
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- English
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- Date info (Creation)
- 2009-09-03T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2017-11-20T00:00:00
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- ISO 19115-3:2018
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