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dc.contributor.authorCropp, Roger
dc.contributor.authorGabric, Albert
dc.contributor.authorvan Tran, Dien
dc.contributor.authorJones, Graham
dc.contributor.authorSwan, Hilton
dc.contributor.authorButler, Harry
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-29T13:05:39Z
dc.date.available2019-05-29T13:05:39Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn0044-7447
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s13280-018-1018-y
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/380109
dc.description.abstractWe investigate the correlation between stress-related compounds produced by corals of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and local atmospheric properties—an issue that goes to the core of the coral ecosystem’s ability to survive climate change. We relate the variability in a satellite decadal time series of fine-mode aerosol optical depth (AOD) to a coral stress metric, formulated as a function of irradiance, water clarity, and tide, at Heron Island in the southern GBR. We found that AOD was correlated with the coral stress metric, and the correlation increased at low wind speeds, when horizontal advection of air masses was low and the production of non-biogenic aerosols was minimal. We posit that coral reefs may be able to protect themselves from irradiance stress during calm weather by affecting the optical properties of the atmosphere and local incident solar radiation.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom671
dc.relation.ispartofpageto681
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAmbio
dc.relation.ispartofvolume47
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther environmental sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode419999
dc.titleCoral reef aerosol emissions in response to irradiance stress in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, School of Environment and Science
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
gro.rights.copyright© 2018 Springer Netherlands. This is an electronic version of an article published in Ambio: a journal of the human environment pp 1–11, 2018. Ambio: a journal of the human environment is available online at: http://link.springer.com/ with the open URL of your article.
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gro.griffith.authorGabric, Albert J.
gro.griffith.authorCropp, Roger A.
gro.griffith.authorTran, Dien V.


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