supported by the "Strategic Priority Research Program" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No.XDA05080300);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.40830852,41025007,41106054);the National Basic Research Program (973) of China (No.2007CB815905,2010CB950101);the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No.SQ201009)
Barium to calcium (Ba/Ca) ratio in corals has been considered as a useful geochemical proxy for upwelling,river flood and other oceanic processes.However,recent studies indicated that additional environmental or bio...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40830852 and 41025007);the Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology Program(2007CB815905 and 2006BAB19B03);an ARC discoverygrant(DP0773081)
Coral bleaching,characterized by a significant loss of symbiotic zooxanthellae,is the primary cause of mass coral mortality and reef degradation throughout the world.The characteristics,processes,and resistance of cor...