
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Swart, PK 
A1  - Wilson, AF 
A1  - Jell, JS 
T1  - Oxygen isotope variation on a lagoonal platform reef, Heron island, Great Barrier Reef
JF  - Marine and Freshwater Research
JO  - Mar. Freshwater Res.
Y1  - 1983
VL  - 34
IS  - 5
SP  - 813
EP  - 819
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9830813 
N2  - A survey of temperature, salinity and oxygen isotope ratio was conducted on the reefal waters of a lagoonal platform reef, Heron Reef, situated near the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. The oxygen isotope ratio of the water changed by nearly 2&#8240; during a 3-week period. Daily variations of 1.4&#8240; were detected. As the maximum oxygen isotope ratios occurred at low tide, during times of high temperature and high salinity, temperature-induced variation in oxygen isotope ratios of skeletal material was masked. Such a phenomenon can easily explain why previous workers have failed to detect the full range of oxygen isotope ratios in coral skeletons and other calcareous organisms. 
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