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15598626

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1826
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-12-15
pubmed:abstractText
Coral reefs in the southwest Indian Ocean cover an area of ca. 18,530 km2 compared with a global reef area of nearly 300,000 km2. These regions are important as fishing grounds, tourist attractions and as a significant component of the global carbon cycle. The mass of calcium carbonate stored within Holocene neritic sediments is a number that we are only now beginning to quantify with any confidence, in stark contrast to the mass and sedimentation rates associated with pelagic calcium carbonate, which have been relatively well defined for decades. We report new data that demonstrate that the reefs at Rodrigues, like those at Reunion and Mauritius, only reached a mature state (reached sea level) by 2-3 ka: thousands of years later than most of the reefs in the Australasian region. Yet field observations show that the large lagoon at Rodrigues is already completely full of carbonate detritus (typical lagoon depth less than 1 m at low spring tide). The presence of aeolian dunes at Rodrigues indicates periodic exposure of past lagoons throughout the Pleistocene. The absence of elevated Pleistocene reef deposits on the island indicates that the island has not been uplifted. Most Holocene reefs are between 15 and 20 m in thickness and those in the southwest Indian Ocean appear to be consistent with this observation. We support the view that the CO2 flux associated with coral-reef growth acts as a climate change amplifier during deglaciation, adding CO2 to a warming world. southwest Indian Ocean reefs could have added 7-10% to this global flux during the Holocene.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1364-503X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
363
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
101-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-4-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Coral reef sedimentation on Rodrigues and the Western Indian Ocean and its impact on the carbon cycle.
pubmed:affiliation
Southampton Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK. sar1@soc.soton.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't