AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Unprecedented slowdown in coral growth.(Brief article)
The rate at which Great Barrier Reef corals absorb calcium from seawater to calcify their hard skeletons has declined sharply in the past 20 years, slowing coral growth, according to a paper published by Australian researchers in the journal Science.
The researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) provided empirical data for the impact of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide in oceanic warming and acidification, which both change the chemistry of calcification.
They studied growth bands in archived coral samples from inshore and offshore sites along the length of the reef for signs of a slowdown ...
- GREAT BARRIER REEF CORAL GROWTH TO STOP BY 2050: REPORT.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News January 2, 2009 700+ words
...point" in 1990. The paper, published in the international journal Science and written by scientists Dr Glenn De'ath, Dr Janice Lough and Dr Katharina Fabricius, shows evidence of a decline in the calcification rates in the Great Barrier Reef corals. The...
- Scientists speed coral growth.
- Newspaper article from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) July 20, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Sam Kean ST. LOUIS _ The key to saving coral, a crucial oceanic species, just might have sprung from the muddy banks of the Mississippi. By exposing embryonic coral cells to concentrated salt water, researchers at St. Louis' World Aquarium have been able to accelerate the growth of this
- Reef grief.(OCEANIA)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Earth Island Journal March 22, 2009 700+ words
...already evident, with the relatively modest climate changes observed to date, in the world's best protected and managed coral reef ecosystem," says Janice Lough, one of the co-authors of the study. --AFP, 1/2; REUTERS, 1/5
- Growth of corals in Great Barrier Reef 'slowing'.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. February 25, 2009 700+ words
...changes observed to date, in the world's best protected and managed coral reef ecosystem," study's co-author Dr Janice Lough said. In fact, the study focuses on the calcification rates of GBR corals and based on the statistical analyses of annual...
- Research from R.P.M. Bak and co-researchers yields new findings on marine...
- Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation July 10, 2009 700+ words
...methods, in 1971-1973 and in 2002-2004, and the resulting coral growth rates are compared. Linear growth shows the same pattern...colleagues published their study in Bulletin of Marine Science (CORAL GROWTH RATES REVISITED AFTER 31 YEARS: WHAT IS CAUSING LOWER EXTENSION...
- Coral reefs may start dissolving when atmospheric CO2 doubles.
- Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health & Science March 29, 2009 700+ words
...Previous studies have shown that rising carbon dioxide will slow coral growth, but this is the first study to show that coral reefs can...industrial rates. Field studies suggest that at such low rates, coral growth would not be able to keep up with dissolution and other natural...
- First-of-its-Kind Neptune Memorial Reef is the Ultimate Destination for the...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 1, 2007 700+ words
...setting that reaffirms life and promotes marine habitat, coral growth and supports tourism. With the help of time and nature...city will become a living reef of colorful marine life and coral growth that holds secure the remembrances of the dearly departed...
- GEO-CURRENTS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals MATTY, JANE M. September 1, 1999 700+ words
...as coral reefs. Each massive reef represents centuries of coral growth. The living corals are just a thin layer growing on top...useful characteristic is the water-depth restriction on coral growth. This has allowed scientists to determine past sea-level...
Source: HighBeam Research, Unprecedented slowdown in coral growth.(Brief article)