scholarly journals The contribution of coral reef-derived dimethyl sulfide to aerosol burden over the Great Barrier Reef: a modelling study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya Fiddes ◽  
Matthew Woodhouse ◽  
Steve Utembe ◽  
Robyn Schofield ◽  
Joel Alroe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Time Scales ◽  
Dimethyl Sulfide ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Cloud Formation ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Anthropogenic Aerosol ◽  
Daily Time

Abstract. Coral reefs have been found to produce the sulfur compound dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a climatically relevant aerosol precursor predominantly associated with phytoplankton. Until recently, the role of coral reef-derived DMS within the climate system had not been quantified. A study preceding the present work found that DMS produced by corals had negligible long-term climatic forcing at the global-regional scale. However, at sub-daily time scales more typically associated with aerosol and cloud formation, the influence of coral reef-derived DMS on local aerosol radiative effects remains unquantified. The Weather Research and Forecasting – chemistry model (WRF-Chem) has been used in this work to study the role of coral reef-derived DMS at sub-daily time scales for the first time. WRF-Chem was run to coincide with an October 2016 field campaign over the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, against which the model was evaluated. After updating the DMS surface water climatology, the model reproduced DMS and sulfur concentrations well. The inclusion of coral reef-derived DMS resulted in no significant change in sulfate aerosol mass or total aerosol number. Subsequently, no direct or indirect aerosol effects were detected. The results suggest that the co-location of the Great Barrier Reef with significant anthropogenic aerosol sources along the Queensland coast prevents coral reef derived-aerosol from having a modulating influence on local aerosol burdens in the current climate.

Management of Water Quality in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Woodley
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Management Issue ◽  
Reef System ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
The World ◽  
Coral Reef System

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world. It is recognised and appreciated worldwide as a unique environment and for this reason has been inscribed on the World Heritage List. The Reef is economically-important to Queensland and Australia, supporting substantial tourism and fishing industries. Management of the Great Barrier Reef to ensure conservation of its natural qualities in perpetuity is achieved through the establishment of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The maintenance of water quality to protect the reef and the industries which depend on it is becoming an increasingly important management issue requiring better knowledge and possibly new standards of treatment and discharge.

scholarly journals The role of clouds in coral bleaching events over the Great Barrier Reef

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenhui ZHAO ◽  
Yi HUANG ◽  
Steven T Siems ◽  
Michael J Manton
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Coral Bleaching ◽  
Barrier Reef

An observational heat budget analysis of a coral reef, Heron Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

2013 ◽  
Vol 118 (6) ◽  
pp. 2547-2559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mellissa C. MacKellar ◽  
Hamish A. McGowan ◽  
Stuart R. Phinn
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Heat Budget ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Budget Analysis

scholarly journals Erratum to: Patterns of recruitment and microhabitat associations for three predatory coral reef fishes on the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Coral Reefs ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 399-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. K. C. Wen ◽  
M. S. Pratchett ◽  
G. R. Almany ◽  
G. P. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Reef Fishes ◽  
Coral Reef Fishes ◽  
Barrier Reef

Cross-shelf exchanges between the Coral Sea and the Great Barrier Reef lagoon determined from a regional-scale numerical model

2015 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 150-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Schiller ◽  
Mike Herzfeld ◽  
Richard Brinkman ◽  
Farhan Rizwi ◽  
John Andrewartha
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Model ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Reef Lagoon ◽  
Coral Sea

Great Barrier Reef

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Kingsford ◽  
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Coral Disease ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Physical Processes ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common ◽  
International Experts

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is 344 400 square kilometres in size and is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. This comprehensive guide describes the organisms and ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them. Contemporary pressing issues such as climate change, coral bleaching, coral disease and the challenges of coral reef fisheries are also discussed. In addition,the book includes a field guide that will help people to identify the common animals and plants on the reef, then to delve into the book to learn more about the roles the biota play. Beautifully illustrated and with contributions from 33 international experts, The Great Barrier Reef is a must-read for the interested reef tourist, student, researcher and environmental manager. While it has an Australian focus, it can equally be used as a baseline text for most Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Winner of a Whitley Certificate of Commendation for 2009.

Stratification in a small lagoon in the Great Barrier Reef

1984 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 273 ◽  
Author(s):  
JC Andrews ◽  
WC Dunlap ◽  
NF Bellamy
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Time Scales ◽  
Wind Stress ◽  
Thermal Stratification ◽  
Bottom Water ◽  
Reef Flat ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Wind Vector ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Lunar Synchronization

Temperatures were measured in a small lagoon in the windward reef flat of Davies Reef in the central Great Barrier Reef and examined on three time scales to gain three perspectives on thermal stratification and the trapping of bottom water. Profiling for stratification and dye revealed layering where bottom water was trapped and released by the successive capping and uncapping of the lagoon by a diurnal thermocline. A 1-month monitoring array revealed a solar synchronization, with the temperature of reef-flat water exceeding temperatures of lagoon water by up to 1 5�C within 1 h of midday, and lagoon stratification lagging this by 1 h. There was also a lunar synchronization with mixing proceeding during nocturnal rising tides. Lagoon surface and bottom temperatures were also monitored for 11 months. The amplitude of the diurnal stratification showed no coherence either with the amplitude of the tide (marked spring-neap tides) or with scalar wind stress. The low frequency amplitude of the diurnal oscillation was coherent with the longshore wind vector at periods near 3 6 days and in a band approximately from 10 to 40 days. Daily stratification increased when winds were poleward and decreased when winds were equatonvard. Events of flushing were separated on average by 9 h, but the most frequently observed separation was 5 h and only 10% of separations exceeded 18 h during the 11 months.

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