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| Juilletleclerc, A; Montaggioni, Lf; Pichon, M; Gattuso, Jp. |
| Oxygen isotope ratios were measured along the growth axis of branches of the scleractinian coral Acropora formosa collected at 2 and 12 metre depths at Yonge reef (Northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia). Measurements were made between two reference points separated by a distance corresponding to a growth period of six months, from mid-winter to mid-summer. For each of the two reference points, information concerning the environmental parameters controlling the development of the coral colonies was collected in situ. The variability of the isotopic values recorded from coral skeletons grown in identical physical and chemical conditions cannot be ascribed to technical problems, but may rather be induced by calcification mechanisms. In order to define the... |
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| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00093/20423/18090.pdf |
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