West Australian coral growth records, 1900-2010 Cooper, T.F.; O'Leary, R.A.; Lough, J.M. Cooper, T.F. O'Leary, R.A. Lough, J.M. earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (calcification rate,Porites sp.,null,gram per centimeter per year,null,corals and sclerosponges,null,null,N,from core 1) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (calcification rate,Porites sp.,null,gram per centimeter per year,null,corals and sclerosponges,null,null,N,from core 5) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (calcification rate,Porites sp.,null,percent,null,corals and sclerosponges,anomalized|composited,null,N,using 1900-2010 mean; composite; after standardization) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (age,null,null,year Common Era,null,corals and sclerosponges,null,null,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (calcification rate,Porites sp.,null,gram per centimeter per year,null,corals and sclerosponges,null,null,N,from core 3) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (calcification rate,Porites sp.,null,gram per centimeter per year,null,corals and sclerosponges,null,null,N,from core 6) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (calcification rate,Porites sp.,null,gram per centimeter per year,null,corals and sclerosponges,null,null,N,from core 2) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (calcification rate,Porites sp.,null,gram per centimeter per year,null,corals and sclerosponges,null,null,N,from core 4) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (calcification rate,Porites sp.,null,gram per centimeter per year,null,corals and sclerosponges,null,null,N,from core 7) earth science/paleoclimate/corals and sclerosponges (Houtman Abrolhos Islands>LATITUDE -28.47>LONGITUDE 113.77) (Imperieuse Reef, Rowley Shoals>LATITUDE -17.5167>LONGITUDE 118.9667) (Tantabiddi, Ningaloo Reef>LATITUDE -21.893>LONGITUDE 113.963) (Clerke Reef>LATITUDE -17.26>LONGITUDE 119.36) (Coral Bay, Ningaloo>LATITUDE -23.0333>LONGITUDE 113.8167) (Bundegi, Ningaloo Reef>LATITUDE -21.836>LONGITUDE 114.178) Anthropogenic increases of atmospheric carbon dioxide lead to warmer sea surface temperatures and altered ocean chemistry. Experimental evidence suggests that coral calcification decreases as aragonite saturation drops but increases as temperatures rise toward thresholds optimal for coral growth. In situ studies have documented alarming recent declines in calcification rates on several tropical coral reef ecosystems. We show there is no widespread pattern of consistent decline in calcification rates of massive Porites during the 20th century on reefs spanning an 11° latitudinal range in the southeast Indian Ocean off Western Australia. Increasing calcification rates on the high-latitude reefs contrast with the downward trajectory reported for corals on Australia's Great Barrier Reef and provide additional evidence that recent changes in coral calcification are responses to temperature rather than ocean acidification. STUDY NOTES: Individual coral growth records. Composites used in database instead (following approach of original publication);Metadata available at: http://data.aims.gov.au/metadataviewer/uuid/4f39c641-8450-4ea0-b2b6-4f3d582645f8 NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Cooper, T.F. Investigator : O'Leary, R.A. 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O'Leary, and J.M. Lough2012Growth of Western Australian Corals in the AnthropoceneScience3356068593-59610.1126/science.1214570 START YEAR: 1900 AD * END YEAR: 2010 AD 113.77 -28.47 119.36 -17.26