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Biological forcing controls the chemistry of reef-building coral skeleton

Meibom, Anders  
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Mostefaoui, Smail
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Cuif, Jean-Pierre
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2007
Geophysical Research Letters

[1] We present analyses of major elements C and Ca and trace elements N, S, Mg and Sr in a Porites sp. exoskeleton with a spatial resolution better than similar to 150 nm. Trace element variations are evaluated directly against the ultrastructure of the skeleton and are ascribed to dynamic biological forcing. Individual growth layers in the bulk fibrous aragonite skeleton form on sub-daily timescales. Magnesium concentration variations are dramatically correlated with the growth layers, but are uncorrelated with Sr concentration variations. Observed (sub) seasonal relationships between water temperature and skeletal trace-element chemistry are secondary, mediated by sensitive biological processes to which classical thermodynamic formalism does not apply.

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DOI
10.1029/2006GL028657
Web of Science ID

WOS:000243848200008

Author(s)
Meibom, Anders  
Mostefaoui, Smail
Cuif, Jean-Pierre
Dauphin, Yannicke
Houlbreque, Fanny
Dunbar, Robert
Constantz, Brent
Date Issued

2007

Published in
Geophysical Research Letters
Volume

34

Issue

2

Article Number

L02601

Subjects

Scleractinian Coral

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Paleotemperature Proxy

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Stylophora-Pistillata

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Symbiotic Coral

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Trace-Elements

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Ion Microprobe

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Aragonite

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Strontium

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Biomineralization

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Ultrastructure

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