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Can environmental records be extracted from coral skeletons from Moreton Bay, Australia, a subtropical, turbid environment?

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Acknowledgements

We thank Monty Devereaux, Dr. David Barnes, and Dr. Janice Lough from the Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, for their support with equipment and knowledge. We also thank Prof. Malcolm McCulloch and Stewart Fallon from the Australian National University, Canberra, for their help with coral coring and slicing. Dr. Bill Dennison and staff from the University of Queensland helped with coral collection. Dennis Wynn from the Lismore Base Hospital kindly assisted with x-radiography, and Roz Hagan and Max Egan from Southern Cross University with development of photographic prints. Many thanks to Danny Bucher and three reviewers for suggestions and comments that greatly improved the manuscript. Funding for this project was in part supplied by the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay Wastewater Management Study and Southern Cross University.

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Roberts, L.G., Harriott, V.J. Can environmental records be extracted from coral skeletons from Moreton Bay, Australia, a subtropical, turbid environment?. Coral Reefs 22, 517–522 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-003-0337-y

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