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Coral reef growth of Weizhou Island and its response to climate change in the past millennium
Received date: 2019-10-16
Request revised date: 2019-11-26
Online published: 2020-07-27
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Foundation item: National Natural Science Foundation of China(41476038)
Foundation item: National Natural Science Foundation of China(41676049)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2018A030313142)
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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.
ZHANG Ting , HU Minhang , ZHANG Wenjing , CHEN Tianran , LIU Meng . 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 . DOI: 10.11978/2019102
表1 珊瑚U-Th年龄Tab. 1 U-Th dates for fossil coral rubbles collected in the reef cores |
样品编号 | 定年材料 | 取样位置/cm | U-Th年龄 (年份/AD) | 误差(2σ)/a |
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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 |
图3 珊瑚U-Th年龄在岩心Core1(a)和Core2(b)中的分布图a中的橘色和蓝色区域分别代表快速堆积阶段和缓慢堆积阶段; 图b中的粉红色区域为主要年龄分布范围 Fig. 3 Distribution of U-Th ages in Core1 (a) and Core2 (b). The orange rectangles show three rapid accretion stages, and the blue rectangles show two slow accretion stages of Core1. The pink rectangle shows the main age distribution range of Core2 |
图5 岩心Core1(a—g)和Core2(h—n)中的珊瑚类群分布图g、n中的大写字母代表该深度的优势珊瑚: A为鹿角珊瑚属; F为蜂巢珊瑚科; M为蔷薇珊瑚属; T为陀螺珊瑚属; S为珊瑚砂 Fig. 5 Variation of coral species with depth in Core1 (a~g) and Core2 (h~n). Letters in (g) and (n) represent the dominant corals at the depth: A is Acropora; F is Faviidae; M is Montipora; T is Turbinaria; and S is Coral sand |
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