Coral records of reef-water pH across the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia: assessing the influence of river runoff on inshore reefs

D'Olivo, J. P.; McCulloch, M. T.; Eggins, S. M.; Trotter, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1223-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1223-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1223-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

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25 Feb 2015

Research article |

| 25 Feb 2015

Coral records of reef-water pH across the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia: assessing the influence of river runoff on inshore reefs

J. P. D'Olivo, M. T. McCulloch, S. M. Eggins, and J. Trotter

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RC C6252: 'Review of Coral records of reef-water pH across the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia...', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Oct 2014
- AC C6970: 'Response to 'Anonymous Referee #1'', Juan Pablo D'Olivo Cordero, 25 Nov 2014
RC C6274: 'Interactive Discussion: Coral Record of reef-water pH across the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia: assessing the influence of river runoff on inshore reefs, by D'Olivo et al.', Sarah Aciego, 29 Oct 2014
- AC C6975: 'Response to S. M. Aciego', Juan Pablo D'Olivo Cordero, 25 Nov 2014

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AR by Juan Pablo D'Olivo Cordero on behalf of the Authors (28 Nov 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (15 Dec 2014) by David Gillikin

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (30 Dec 2014)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (09 Jan 2015) by David Gillikin

AR by Juan Pablo D'Olivo Cordero on behalf of the Authors (12 Jan 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (22 Jan 2015) by David Gillikin

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The boron isotope composition in the skeleton of massive Porites corals from the central Great Barrier Reef is used to reconstruct the seawater pH over the 1940-2009 period. The long-term decline in the coral-reconstructed seawater pH is in close agreement with estimates based on the CO2 uptake by surface waters due to rising atmospheric levels. We also observed a significant relationship between terrestrial runoff data and the inshore coral boron isotopes records.