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Coral Ba/Ca records of sediment input to the fringing reef of the southshore of Molokai, Hawaii over the last several decades

Date

Authors

Prouty, Nancy G

Field, Michael E

Stock, Jonathan

Jupiter, Stacy

McCulloch, Malcolm Thomas

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

The fringing reef of southern Moloka'i is perceived to be in decline because of land-based pollution. In the absence of historical records of sediment pollution, ratios of coral Ba/Ca were used to test the hypothesis that sedimentation has increased over

Keywords

Keywords: Coral reef; Historical records; Land-based pollution; Landuse change; Mangrove forest; Nearshores; Sediment delivery; Sediment pollution; Terrestrial sedimentation; Terrigenous sediment; Upward trend; Geochemistry; Pollution; Reefs; Sediment transport; Wa Coral reefs; Geochemistry; Landuse change; Terrestrial sedimentation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/54544

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.05.024

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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