Multi-species coral Sr/Ca-based sea-surface temperature reconstruction using Orbicella faveolata and Siderastrea siderea from the Florida Straits

Jennifer A. Flannery; Julie N. Richey; Kaustubh Thirumalai; Richard Z. Poore; Kristine L. DeLong

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.10.022

Multi-species coral Sr/Ca-based sea-surface temperature reconstruction using Orbicella faveolata and Siderastrea siderea from the Florida Straits

Jennifer A. Flannery, Julie N. Richey, Kaustubh Thirumalai, Richard Z. Poore, Kristine L. DeLong

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

23 Scopus citations

Abstract

We present new, monthly-resolved Sr/Ca-based sea-surface temperature (SST) records from two species of massive coral, Orbicella faveolata and Siderastrea siderea, from the Dry Tortugas National Park, FL, USA (DTNP). We combine these new records with published data from three additional S. siderea coral colonies to generate a 278-year long multi-species stacked Sr/Ca-SST record from DTNP. The composite record of mean annual Sr/Ca-SST at DTNP shows pronounced decadal-scale variability with a range of 1 to 2 °C. Notable cool intervals in the Sr/Ca-derived SST lasting about a decade centered at ~ 1845, ~ 1935, and ~ 1965 are associated with reduced summer Sr/Ca-SST (monthly maxima < 29 °C), and imply a reduction in the spatial extent of the Atlantic Warm Pool (AWP). There is significant coherence between the composite DTNP Sr/Ca-SST record and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) index, with the AMO lagging Sr/Ca-SST at DTNP by 9 years. Low frequency variability in the Gulf Stream surface transport, which originates near DTNP, may provide a link for the lagged relationship between multidecadal variability at DTNP and the AMO.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	100-109
Number of pages	10
Journal	Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Volume	466
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.10.022
State	Published - Jan 15 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Atlantic multidecadal oscillation
Orbicella faveolata
Paleoclimatology
Sclerochronolgy
Siderastrea siderea
Sr/Ca

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oceanography
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Earth-Surface Processes
Palaeontology

Access to Document

10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.10.022

Cite this

Multi-species coral Sr/Ca-based sea-surface temperature reconstruction using Orbicella faveolata and Siderastrea siderea from the Florida Straits. / Flannery, Jennifer A.; Richey, Julie N.; Thirumalai, Kaustubh et al.
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 466, 15.01.2017, p. 100-109.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

@article{5f13e499ae4a431da3464997a1a6bb7b,

title = "Multi-species coral Sr/Ca-based sea-surface temperature reconstruction using Orbicella faveolata and Siderastrea siderea from the Florida Straits",

abstract = "We present new, monthly-resolved Sr/Ca-based sea-surface temperature (SST) records from two species of massive coral, Orbicella faveolata and Siderastrea siderea, from the Dry Tortugas National Park, FL, USA (DTNP). We combine these new records with published data from three additional S. siderea coral colonies to generate a 278-year long multi-species stacked Sr/Ca-SST record from DTNP. The composite record of mean annual Sr/Ca-SST at DTNP shows pronounced decadal-scale variability with a range of 1 to 2 °C. Notable cool intervals in the Sr/Ca-derived SST lasting about a decade centered at ~ 1845, ~ 1935, and ~ 1965 are associated with reduced summer Sr/Ca-SST (monthly maxima < 29 °C), and imply a reduction in the spatial extent of the Atlantic Warm Pool (AWP). There is significant coherence between the composite DTNP Sr/Ca-SST record and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) index, with the AMO lagging Sr/Ca-SST at DTNP by 9 years. Low frequency variability in the Gulf Stream surface transport, which originates near DTNP, may provide a link for the lagged relationship between multidecadal variability at DTNP and the AMO.",

keywords = "Atlantic multidecadal oscillation, Orbicella faveolata, Paleoclimatology, Sclerochronolgy, Siderastrea siderea, Sr/Ca",

author = "Flannery, {Jennifer A.} and Richey, {Julie N.} and Kaustubh Thirumalai and Poore, {Richard Z.} and DeLong, {Kristine L.}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016",

year = "2017",

month = jan,

day = "15",

doi = "10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.10.022",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "466",

pages = "100--109",

journal = "Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology",

issn = "0031-0182",

publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Multi-species coral Sr/Ca-based sea-surface temperature reconstruction using Orbicella faveolata and Siderastrea siderea from the Florida Straits

AU - Flannery, Jennifer A.

AU - Richey, Julie N.

AU - Thirumalai, Kaustubh

AU - Poore, Richard Z.

AU - DeLong, Kristine L.

PY - 2017/1/15

Y1 - 2017/1/15

N2 - We present new, monthly-resolved Sr/Ca-based sea-surface temperature (SST) records from two species of massive coral, Orbicella faveolata and Siderastrea siderea, from the Dry Tortugas National Park, FL, USA (DTNP). We combine these new records with published data from three additional S. siderea coral colonies to generate a 278-year long multi-species stacked Sr/Ca-SST record from DTNP. The composite record of mean annual Sr/Ca-SST at DTNP shows pronounced decadal-scale variability with a range of 1 to 2 °C. Notable cool intervals in the Sr/Ca-derived SST lasting about a decade centered at ~ 1845, ~ 1935, and ~ 1965 are associated with reduced summer Sr/Ca-SST (monthly maxima < 29 °C), and imply a reduction in the spatial extent of the Atlantic Warm Pool (AWP). There is significant coherence between the composite DTNP Sr/Ca-SST record and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) index, with the AMO lagging Sr/Ca-SST at DTNP by 9 years. Low frequency variability in the Gulf Stream surface transport, which originates near DTNP, may provide a link for the lagged relationship between multidecadal variability at DTNP and the AMO.

AB - We present new, monthly-resolved Sr/Ca-based sea-surface temperature (SST) records from two species of massive coral, Orbicella faveolata and Siderastrea siderea, from the Dry Tortugas National Park, FL, USA (DTNP). We combine these new records with published data from three additional S. siderea coral colonies to generate a 278-year long multi-species stacked Sr/Ca-SST record from DTNP. The composite record of mean annual Sr/Ca-SST at DTNP shows pronounced decadal-scale variability with a range of 1 to 2 °C. Notable cool intervals in the Sr/Ca-derived SST lasting about a decade centered at ~ 1845, ~ 1935, and ~ 1965 are associated with reduced summer Sr/Ca-SST (monthly maxima < 29 °C), and imply a reduction in the spatial extent of the Atlantic Warm Pool (AWP). There is significant coherence between the composite DTNP Sr/Ca-SST record and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) index, with the AMO lagging Sr/Ca-SST at DTNP by 9 years. Low frequency variability in the Gulf Stream surface transport, which originates near DTNP, may provide a link for the lagged relationship between multidecadal variability at DTNP and the AMO.

KW - Atlantic multidecadal oscillation

KW - Orbicella faveolata

KW - Paleoclimatology

KW - Sclerochronolgy

KW - Siderastrea siderea

KW - Sr/Ca

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84997218079&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84997218079&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.10.022

DO - 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.10.022

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84997218079

SN - 0031-0182

VL - 466

SP - 100

EP - 109

JO - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

JF - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

ER -

Multi-species coral Sr/Ca-based sea-surface temperature reconstruction using Orbicella faveolata and Siderastrea siderea from the Florida Straits

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this