SIBLING SPECIES IN MONTASTRAEA-ANNULARIS, CORAL BLEACHING, AND THE CORAL CLIMATE RECORD
SIBLING SPECIES IN MONTASTRAEA-ANNULARIS, CORAL BLEACHING, AND THE CORAL CLIMATE RECORD
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DOI：
10.1126/science.255.5042.330
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发表时间：
1992-01-17
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
GUZMAN, HM
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作者：
KNOWLTON, N;WEIL, E;GUZMAN, HM
在加勒比海珊瑚Montastraea annularis的生长和骨骼同位素比率的措施是古海洋学，环境退化和全球气候变化的许多研究的基础。这分类群被证明是由至少三个兄弟种在浅水沃茨。其中两种最常被研究的珊瑚在生长速度和氧同位素比率上显示出非常显著的差异，这些参数通常用于估计过去的气候条件;第三种珊瑚的异常颜色可能会混淆珊瑚漂白的研究。忽略这些物种界限可能会危及对过去和当前研究的解释或比较。
Measures of growth and skeletal isotopic ratios in the Caribbean coral Montastraea annularis are fundamental to many studies of paleoceanography, environmental degradation, and global climate change. This taxon is shown to consist of at least three sibling species in shallow waters. The two most commonly studied of these show highly significant differences in growth rate and oxygen isotopic ratios, parameters routinely used to estimate past climatic conditions; unusual coloration in the third may have confused research on coral bleaching. Interpretation or comparison of past and current studies can be jeopardized by ignoring these species boundaries.