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Abstract

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Australia, has a long history of palaeoenvironmental coral research. However, it can be logistically difficult to find the relevant research and records, which are often unpublished or exist as “grey literature”. This hinders researchers' abilities to efficiently assess the current state of coral core studies on the GBR and thus identify any key knowledge gaps. This study presents the Great Barrier Reef Coral Skeletal Records Database (GBRCD), which compiles 208 records from coral skeletal research conducted since the early 1990s. The database includes records from the Holocene, from 8000 years ago, to the present day; records are from the northern, central, and southern GBR from inshore and offshore locations. Massive Porites spp. coral records comprise the majority (92.5 %) of the database, and the remaining records are from Acropora, Isopora, or Cyphastrea spp. The database includes 78 variables, with Sr/Ca, U/Ca, and Ba/Ca being the most frequently measured. Most records measure data over 10 or more years and are at monthly or lower resolution. The GBRCD is machine readable and easily searchable so that users can find records relevant to their research, e.g. by filtering for site name, time period, or coral type. It is publicly available as comma-separated values (CSV) data and metadata files with entries linked by the unique record ID and as Linked Paleo Data (LiPD) files. The GBRCD is publicly available from the NOAA National Center for Environmental Information World Data Service for Paleoclimatology at 10.25921/hqxk-8h74 (Arzey et al., 2024). The intention is to update the GBRCD annually, depending on the availability of relevant new GBR records or submission of legacy records to the GBRCD for archiving. The collection and curation of existing GBR coral research data provide researchers with the ability to analyse common proxies such as Sr/Ca across multiple locations and/or examine regional to reef-scale trends. The database is also suitable for multi-proxy comparisons and combination or composite analyses to determine overarching changes recorded by the proxies. This database represents the first comprehensive compilation of coral records from the GBR. It enables the investigation of multiple environmental factors via various proxy systems for the GBR, northeastern Australia, and potentially the broader Indo-Pacific region.

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Title
Coral skeletal proxy records database for the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Author
Arzey, Ariella K 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; McGregor, Helen V 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Clark, Tara R 2 ; Webster, Jody M 3 ; Lewis, Stephen E 4 ; Mallela, Jennie 5 ; McKay, Nicholas P 6 ; Fahey, Hugo W 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Chakraborty, Supriyo 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Razak, Tries B 8 ; Fischer, Matt J 9   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Environmental Futures, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2522, Australia; Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2522, Australia 
 Environmental Futures, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2522, Australia; Radiogenic Isotope Facility, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia 
 Geocoastal Research Group, School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, 2006, Australia 
 Catchment to Reef Research Group, Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, Australia 
 Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, 2601, Australia 
 School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, 86011, USA 
 Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Pune, 411008, India; Department of Atmospheric and Space Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, 411007, India 
 Department of Marine Science and Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, IPB University, Bogor, 16680, Indonesia; School of Coral Reef Restoration (SCORES), Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, IPB University, Bogor, 16680, Indonesia 
 Environment Research & Technology Group, ANSTO, Lucas Heights, 2234, Australia 
Pages
4869-4930
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
ISSN
18663508
e-ISSN
18663516
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3121513084
Copyright
© 2024. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.