Coral reefs maintain extraordinary biodiversity and provide protection from tsunamis and
storm surge, but inshore coral reef health is degrading in many regions due to deteriorating …

Scleractinian (hard) corals are fundamental to the geomorphology, biodiversity, and
structure of coral reef ecosystems (Goreau 1963, Hoegh-Guldberg 2004, Pratchett et al …

Abstract The East Asian Monsoon (EAM) modulates the seasonal variability of sea surface
temperature (SST), sea surface salinity (SSS), and rainfall in the region. However, seasonal …

Bioeroding sponges play a central role in carbonate cycling on corals reefs. They may
respond differently to habitat deterioration than many other benthic invertebrates, because at …

Trace element abundances in corals can potentially provide high-resolution seasonally
resolved constraints on past sea-surface temperatures, much needed to improve our …

Coral trace element proxies of terrestrial runoff are widely applied to document and quantify
historical changes in river discharge, constituent loads and land disturbance. However …

Abstract Coral Ba/Ca is a proxy for seawater barium concentration that varies with upwelling,
terrigenous input, and marine productivity whereas coral Sr/Ca varies with temperature. We …

High‐resolution measurements of radiocarbon (14C) in corals can be used to reconstruct
past variability in ocean conditions. Here we report seasonal Δ14C changes in coral from …

We present a seasonal reconstruction of sea surface temperature (SST) from 1578 to 2008,
based on a Porites coral Sr/Ca record from the northern Ryukyus, within the Kuroshio …

Anthropogenic activities increase the level of dissolved heavy metals in some tropical near‐
shore environments threatening reef ecosystems. The skeleton of stony corals like Porites …