涠洲岛珊瑚礁近千年的发育过程及其对气候变化的响应*

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Whether high-latitude coral habitat could become “refuge” for tropical coral species under global warming is still unclear, and related research on the northern South China Sea is especially rare. Based on two reef cores drilled from Weizhou Island, the development history of coral reefs surrounding Weizhou Island and its response to climate change in the past millennium are explored with the help of U-Th dating technology, sedimentary component analyses and coral species identification. Three rapid accretion stages of Core1 (collected from Shiluokou) deposition roughly correspond to the Roman Warm Period, Medival Warm Period and Present Warm Period, respectively. And two slow accretion stages roughly correspond to the Dark Age Cold Period and Little Ice Age. They suggested that warm climate promotes reef development, while cold climate has adverse impacts on coral reef development. Strong local disturbances may have caused the rapid degradation of Weizhou Island coral reefs in recent decades. Core2 (collected in Southern Bay) has high terrigenous sediment content. U-Th ages in Core2 are concentrated in a relatively narrow time interval of 800AD—950AD and present, probably referred to environment changes, storms and the distribution of modern corals. By comparing the two sites on the same island, we further suggest the concepts of “Complete Refuge” and “Incomplete Refuge”, and reveal that Weizhou Island corals may have both developmental characteristics and trends of low-latitude tropical coral reefs and high-latitude coral communities.

Key words: high-latitude, coral reef development, climate change, classification of refuges, Weizhou Island

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Ting ZHANG, Minhang HU, Wenjing ZHANG, Tianran CHEN, Meng LIU. Coral reef growth of Weizhou Island and its response to climate change in the past millennium[J].Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2020, 39(4): 70-79.

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样品编号	定年材料	取样位置/cm	U-Th年龄 (年份/AD)	误差(2σ)/a
1-7	鹿角珊瑚属	27~29	1993	±5
1-8	盔型珊瑚属	29~35	1974	±20
1-10	蜂巢珊瑚属	42~48	1298	±21
1-11	蜂巢珊瑚属	48~67	1301	±12
1-12	蔷薇珊瑚属	67~71	1239	±13
1-13	蔷薇珊瑚属	71~83	339	±17
1-15	蜂巢珊瑚属	87~104	335	±18
2-6	鹿角珊瑚属	11~13	1990	±7
2-8	陀螺珊瑚属	17~26	801	±9
2-10	盔型珊瑚属	37~46	811	±8
2-11	蜂巢珊瑚属	46~57	819	±12
2-13	蜂巢珊瑚属	59~65	859	±12
2-14	鹿角珊瑚属	65~70	938	±10
2-17	鹿角珊瑚属	78~83	871	±10
2-20	蜂巢珊瑚属	91~100	827	±9

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