U/Th dating of coral mortality and recovery rates in the Great Barrier Reef

该项目旨在利用高效率的铀钍地质年代学和古生态学，以确定过去的珊瑚死亡事件和社区的变化，在近岸大堡礁（GBR）和量化随后的恢复率在整个水质梯度。这些记录将与自然和人类的影响联系起来，特别是自欧洲人定居以来。该项目的成果将提高对GBR生态系统过去的干扰和恢复率的理解，并有助于在面临人类压力和环境变化的情况下进行重点管理。

This project aims to use high-efficiency U-Th geochronology and palaeoecology to identify past coral mortality events and community changes in the inshore Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and quantify subsequent recovery rates across a water quality gradient. These records will then be linked to natural and human impacts, especially since European settlement. The project outcomes will improve understanding of past disturbances and recovery rates in the GBR ecosystem and help focus management in the face of increased human pressure and environmental changes.