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- Title
Stable oxygen isotope records of corals and a sclerosponge in the Western Pacific warm pool.
- Authors
Wu, H. C.; Grottoli, A. G.
- Abstract
High-resolution measurements of the stable oxygen isotopic signature (δ18O) of two new 10-year Porites lobata coral cores and one previously studied multi-decadal sclerosponge Acanthocheatetes wellsi from the Republic of Palau (7°16′N, 134°31′E) located in the Western Pacific warm pool were analyzed and monthly interpolated time-series records developed. Despite significant differences in collection depth and growth rates, both coral and sclerosponge faithfully recorded the interannual changes of sea surface salinity (SSS) driven by the strong influence of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The strong relationship of coral skeletal δ18O with SSS, but not sea surface temperature or precipitation, confirms previous findings that changes in Palau regional surface water are driven by the advection of water masses into the area over interannual timescales associated with ENSO. Opportunities exist for the expansion of short coral proxy records with longer sclerosponge records to verify the stability of ENSO-induced SSS variability over longer timescales.
- Subjects
CORAL reefs &; islands; ISOTOPES; PORITES lobata; PHOTOSYNTHETIC oxygen evolution; SOUTHERN oscillation; STREAM salinity
- Publication
Coral Reefs, 2010, Vol 29, Issue 2, p413
- ISSN
0722-4028
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00338-009-0576-7