Palaeoecological evidence of a historical collapse of corals at Pelorus Island, inshore Great Barrier Reef, following

European settlement

by George Roff, Tara R. Clark, Claire E. Reymond, Jian-xin Zhao, Yuexing Feng, Laurence J. McCook, Terence J. Done, and John M. Pandolfi

Proceedings BVolume 280(1750):20122100

January 7, 2013

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Map of the Palm Islands region (central Great barrier Reef) and study sites at Pelorus Island (green boundaries indicate land, yellow boundaries indicate reef outlines).

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Life and death assemblages at Pelorus Island, Great Barrier Reef.

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Single linkage cluster analysis of life and death assemblages at transect level across sites A–C.

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U-series ages from death assemblages at Pelorus Island, Great Barrier Reef (a) U-series ages (AD±2σ errors) from arborescent Acropora (n = 48) and Pavona (n = 15) assemblages (ordered

from oldest to youngest age), (b) relative probability curves (Gaussian f...

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Core logs of fossil coral assemblages at Pelorus Island, Great Barrier Reef.

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Relative probability curves from U-series ages (Acropora = red lines, all sites, Pavona = blue lines, site B) and regional palaeoenvironmental records for cyclone activity (T = tropical storm,

1–5 = tropical cyclone intensity scale), SST anomalies, Pacific ...

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