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Low Florida coral calcification rates in the Plio-Pleistocene
Thomas C. Brachert
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institut für Geophysik und Geologie, Universität
Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Markus Reuter
Institute of Earth Sciences, NAWI Graz Geocentre,
University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Stefan Krüger
Institut für Geophysik und Geologie, Universität
Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
James S. Klaus
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Miami,
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Kevin Helmle
Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Janice M. Lough
Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville MC,
Australia
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We have analysed the rate of calcification of fossil reef corals. These measurements are important, because the rate of formation of the skeleton depends on the physical environment in which the corals lived. The rates of skeletal calcification of the fossils were approximately 50 % lower than they are in extant reef corals. This is a likely effect of high water temperatures and/or low carbonate saturation of the water – factors that will also affect coral growth by future global warming.
We have analysed the rate of calcification of fossil reef corals. These measurements are...
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