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Tupper, M., and W. Hunte. "Recruitment dynamics of coral reef fishes in Barbados." Marine Ecology Progress Series 108 (1994): 225–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps108225.

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Taylor, Frederick W., and Paul Mann. "Late Quaternary folding of coral reef terraces, Barbados." Geology 19, no. 2 (1991): 103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1991)019<0103:lqfocr>2.3.co;2.

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Vallès, Henri, Hazel A. Oxenford, and Alex Henderson. "Switching between standard coral reef benthic monitoring protocols is complicated: proof of concept." PeerJ 7 (December 3, 2019): e8167. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8167.

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Monitoring the state of coral reefs is necessary to identify drivers of change and assess effectiveness of management actions. There are several widely-used survey methods, each of which is likely to exhibit different biases that should be quantified if the purpose is to combine datasets obtained via different survey methods. The latter is a particularly important consideration when switching methodologies in long-term monitoring programs and is highly relevant to the Caribbean today. This is because of the continuing need for regionally comparable coral reef monitoring datasets and the fact that the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN)-Caribbean node is now recommending a photoquadrat (PQ) method over the chain intercept transect method widely adopted by the members of the first truly regional monitoring network, Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Program (CARICOMP), in the early-1990s. Barbados, a member of the CARICOMP network, has been using a variation of the chain intercept method in its long-term coral reef monitoring program for more than two decades. Now a member of GCRMN-Caribbean, Barbados is considering switching to the PQ method in conformity with other regional members. Since we expect differences between methods, this study seeks to quantify the nature of those differences to inform Barbados and others considering switching methods. In 2017, both methods were concurrently implemented at 21 permanent monitoring plots across three major reef types in Barbados. Differences in % cover estimates for the six major benthic components, that is, hard corals, sponges, gorgonians, macroalgae, turf algae and crustose coralline algae, were examined within and among reef types. Overall, we found a complex pattern of differences between methods that depended on the benthic component, its relative abundance, and the reef type. We conclude that most benthic components would require a different conversion procedure depending on the reef type, and we provide an example of these procedures for Barbados. The factors that likely contribute to the complex pattern of between-method differences are discussed. Overall, our findings highlight that switching methods will be complicated, but not impossible. Finally, our study fills an important gap by underscoring a promising analytical framework to guide the comparison of ecological survey methods on coral reefs.

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Radtke, Ulrich, Rainer Grün, and Henry P. Schwarcz. "Electron Spin Resonance Dating of the Pleistocene Coral Reef Tracts of Barbados." Quaternary Research 29, no. 3 (May 1988): 197–215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(88)90030-0.

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The reef tracts of Barbados have been investigated by electron spin resonance dating; all parameters necessary for ESR dating (including effective α-efficiency and thermal stability) were determined without cross checking with another independent dating method. In addition, some U-series analyses were carried out in order to test the reliability of ESR. In most cases, the results show a satisfactory agreement between ESR and both these and previously published U-series dates (M. L. Bender, R. G. Fairbanks, F. W. Taylor, R. K. Matthews, J. G. Goddard, and W. S. Broecker (1979). Geological Society of America. Bulletin 90 , 577–594). For the oldest samples, ESR dates tend to exceed He/U dates, suggesting that there might have been He loss from aragonite. Raised reef tracts are assigned to high sea stands from successive interglacial stages 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15. ESR and U-series (230Th/234U) dates for corals and molluses in North Barbados do not support the suggestion of N. P. James ((1971). Unpublished Thesis, McGill University, Montreal) that this region has subsided during part of the past 125,000 yr. Whereas the experimentally determined mean life (τ) of trapped electrons is only 500,000 yr for the ambient temperature in Barbados, there is no evidence from the comparison between ESR and other dates for thermal fading. This emphasizes the difficulty of experimental measurement of τ.

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MacIntosh, Kevin, Tundi Agardy, and Seth Logan. "FOCUS ON ECOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DESIGN OF A BEACH STABILIZATION PROJECT." Coastal Engineering Proceedings, no. 36 (December 30, 2018): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.9753/icce.v36.risk.6.

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Baird harnessed the latest technology to improve the beach while minimizing environmental impacts and improving habitat wherever possible at a west coast location in Barbados. Baird used an Echoscope to precisely map bathymetry, living reef, and voids in relic reef. Following numerical and physical modeling, underwater structures for beach stabilization were specifically designed to accommodate coral transplants and lab grown corals. This first phase of shoreline stabilization creates new opportunities for enhancement, training, and education. Subsequent monitoring of biodiversity will measure the rate of reef recovery. Turbidity monitoring, as well as rainfall and surface run-off rates, will provide much needed information regarding the relative impacts of wave sediment resuspension and surface run-off on coral health.

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Sponaugle, S., and RK Cowen. "Nearshore patterns of coral reef fish larval supply to Barbados, West Indies." Marine Ecology Progress Series 133 (1996): 13–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps133013.

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Vallès, H., DL Kramer, and W. Hunte. "Temporal and spatial patterns in the recruitment of coral-reef fishes in Barbados." Marine Ecology Progress Series 363 (July 15, 2008): 257–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07432.

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Champ, C. M., M. Vorobyev, and N. J. Marshall. "Colour thresholds in a coral reef fish." Royal Society Open Science 3, no. 9 (September 2016): 160399. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160399.

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Coral reef fishes are among the most colourful animals in the world. Given the diversity of lifestyles and habitats on the reef, it is probable that in many instances coloration is a compromise between crypsis and communication. However, human observation of this coloration is biased by our primate visual system. Most animals have visual systems that are ‘tuned’ differently to humans; optimized for different parts of the visible spectrum. To understand reef fish colours, we need to reconstruct the appearance of colourful patterns and backgrounds as they are seen through the eyes of fish. Here, the coral reef associated triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus , was tested behaviourally to determine the limits of its colour vision. This is the first demonstration of behavioural colour discrimination thresholds in a coral reef species and is a critical step in our understanding of communication and speciation in this vibrant colourful habitat. Fish were trained to discriminate between a reward colour stimulus and series of non-reward colour stimuli and the discrimination thresholds were found to correspond well with predictions based on the receptor noise limited visual model and anatomy of the eye. Colour discrimination abilities of both reef fish and a variety of animals can therefore now be predicted using the parameters described here.

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Gleibs, S., and D. Mebs. "Distribution and sequestration of palytoxin in coral reef animals." Toxicon 37, no. 11 (November 1999): 1521–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0041-0101(99)00093-8.

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Rakitin, A., and DL Kramer. "Effect of a marine reserve on the distribution of coral reef fishes in Barbados." Marine Ecology Progress Series 131 (1996): 97–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps131097.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Coral reef animals – Barbados"

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Tupper, Mark. "Recruitment and assemblage structure of reef fish in Barbados, W.I." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=55660.

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Southey, Katherine. "Spawning and spatial movement in the bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum) at Barbados, West Indies." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61036.

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This study investigates the characteristics and use of spawning sites by the bluehead wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum in Barbados, and movements of wrasses from source reefs to proximate and isolate recipient reefs. Pair spawning rate increased with increasing projection height; group spawning rate increased with increasing proximity to the downcurrent reef edge. Daily group spawning rates, but not pair-spawning rates, were higher when daily current speeds were lower, suggesting that fertilisation rates in group spawns may be more sensitive to current speed than fertilisation rates in pair spawns. Migration rate to isolated reefs was 16% that to proximate reefs. Immigration rate to recipient reefs decreased with increasing distance from the source reef and increased with increasing population density on the source reef. Immigration rates to proximate reefs were phase, sex, and size-specific, and were strongly influenced by phase, sex, and size-specific differences in home range size of wrasses. Immigration to isolated reefs was also phase and sex-specific. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

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Hunt, von Herbing Ione. "Reproduction and recruitment in the bluehead wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum in Barbados." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61833.

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Chapman, Matthew R. "Coral reef fish movements and the effectiveness of the Barbados Marine Reserve." Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=20560.

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This study examined whether movements of fishes across reserve boundaries reduced the difference in density and size of fish between reserve and non-reserve areas. Visual censuses, experimental trapping, habitat measurements and tagging were performed at 10 sites on two nearly contiguous fringing coral reefs at the northern edge of the Barbados Marine Reserve and at 10 sites on the two fringing reefs closest to the boundary in the non-reserve. The visual censuses showed that overall density and size of fishes large enough to be caught in Antillean fish traps were higher on reserve reefs than on non-reserve reefs. The differences in density and size varied considerably among species and were not statistically significant for individual species. In contrast to a previous study, experimental trap catches were not higher in the reserve than in the non-reserve. Visual censuses, trap catches, and their ratio (trappability) were affected by habitat variables. Species mobility, estimated by the maximum distance between locations at which an individual was captured, corrected for the sampling effort at that distance, was highly variable among species (medians 0--116m). For the more mobile species, movements within fringing reefs and between the nearly contiguous reserve reefs was high but extremely rare among reefs separated by expanses of sand and rubble. For this discrete fringing reef system, there is no evidence that movement across the reserve boundary influences the relative density or size of fish between the reserve and non-reserve.

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Allard, Patrick 1968. "Changes in coral community structure in Barbados : effects of eutrophication and reduced grazing pressure." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=68152.

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Multivariate ordination techniques were used to characterize the direction and magnitude of coral community changes on west coast reefs in Barbados between 1982 and 1992, and to relate these changes to coastal eutrophication and variation in Diadema antillarum densities (grazing pressure). D. antillarum densities were substantially lower in 1992 than in 1982, reflecting the 1983 mass mortality event. Reductions in urchin density were greater on less eutrophic reefs than eutrophic reefs. Cover by macrophytic algae increased, cover by crustose coralline algae decreased, and the number of coral species decreased between 1982 and 1992. With the notable exception of the most eutrophic reef, coral cover decreased over the 10 year period. Changes in algal cover across reefs between 1982 and 1992 were strongly correlated with decreases in D. antillarum densities, and were therefore typically greater on less eutrophic reefs, indicating that reduced grazing pressure has more strongly influenced algal cover changes than prevailing eutrophication levels. Coral species composition changed at all sites between 1982 and 1992, and except at the most eutrophic site, the direction of change was directly related to reduced D. antillarum densities and associated algal cover changes. Temporal change at the most eutrophic site was best explained by the prevailing high level of eutrophication, and resulted primarily from a substantial increase in the cover of one species, Porites porites. The decrease in coral cover that occurred on most of the study reefs in the face of the increasing cover by macrophytic algae was typically accompanied by an increase in the relative abundance of Type 1 (high recruitment, high natural juvenile mortality) to Type 2 (low recruitment, low natural juvenile mortality) corals.

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Holmes, Katherine E. (Katherine Elizabeth). "The effects of eutrophication on clionid (Porifera) communities in Barbados, West Indies." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23896.

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Samples of Porites porites rubble were collected from across three fringing reefs which lie along a eutrophication gradient in Barbados, West Indies. The coral skeleton fragments were examined for clionid sponges. Data collected from the reef crest and fore reef zones and from across the range of distances and depths were pooled for each reef to compare indices of sponge abundance along the eutrophication gradient. Significant differences between the reefs were found for the proportion of rubble invaded (ANCOVA, p = 0.004), number of invasions per sample (ANCOVA, p = 0.002), and number of species per sample (ANCOVA, p = 0.018) but not for total surface area of sponge invasions per sample (ANCOVA, p = 0.064). All the indices demonstrated an increase with increasing eutrophication level. Clionids were found in nearly twice as many of the pieces collected from the most eutrophic site (41%) as from the least eutrophic (24%). Since clionids may be the principal bioeroders of coral reefs, an increase in their abundance due to excessive pollution likely results in greater bioerosion of affected reefs. The mean abundance of Type 3 corals was found to be positively related to the frequency of boring sponge invasion, suggesting that increased bioeroision may be partly responsible for community shifts toward Type 3 corals in polluted waters. One new variety and three new species of boring sponges of the genus Cliona were found. A new variety of C. amplicavata Rutzler is described, Cliona species 2 of MacGeachy is redescribed and Cliona species 4 and Cliona species 5 are described for the first time. Cliona species 5 may become an important bioeroder in Barbados and other Caribbean islands since it flourishes under high eutrophic conditions which are beginning to plague West Indian reefs. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

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Chapman, Matthew R. "Coral reef fish movements and the effectiveness of the Barbados Marine Reserve." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0002/MQ44145.pdf.

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Wittenberg, Mark. "Effects of eutrophication on juvenile scleractinian corals." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=60552.

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This study investigates effects of eutrophication on settlement, abundance, mortality and community structure of soleractinian corals on fringing reefs on the west coast of Barbados, W.I. Juvenile abundance was lower, but juvenile size larger, on eutrophic than less eutrophic reefs. The lower abundance results at least in part from a higher juvenile mortality on eutrophic reefs. Algae were more abundant and grazers (Diadema antillarum and herbivorous fish) less abundant on eutrophic reefs. Juvenile community structure on all reefs, and adult community structure on eutrophic reefs, was dominated by type 1 corals (high recruitment, high natural mortality). Type 2 corals (low recruitment, low natural mortality) were common in adult communities on less eutrophic reefs. Settlement of coral recruits on artificial substrates was lower on more eutrophic reefs.

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Conlin, Barbara E. "Aspects of habitat selection by a tropical serpulid polychaete spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas)." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61991.

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Tosic, Marko. "Impacts of landuse and runoff water quality on coral reef environments in Barbados." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=18673.

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The effects of terrestrial runoff on the Bellairs fringing reef environment were assessed by a study of water quality. This study is partitioned into two components. The first documents terrestrial discharge of sediments and nutrients into coastal waters and maps the resulting seawater quality by analyzing samples taken from a grid of stations. Terrestrial water samples were analyzed for turbidity, total suspended solids (TSS), nitrate-nitrite-nitrogen (NOx-N), and soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP). Seawater was analyzed for turbidity, TSS, and salinity while sedimentation rates were measured upon the seafloor. Results indicated that on all four events, water above the reef exceeded the guidelines for turbidity, TSS, or both. Post-discharge changes in seawater quality around the outlet depend on a runoff event's TSS load and total discharge, though above the reef which lies 600m from the outlet, there is the added dependence of the prevailing winds. Spatial trends were not observed across the reef, though directly in front of the outlet there was an apparent northward trend for plumes. Sedimentation rates on the reef were much higher than guidelines for 35 of the 118 days monitored. The second component of this study characterizes the watershed draining to the aforementioned coastal outlet in terms of hydrology and water quality, and the latter's relation to landuse. Water samples were taken at the outlet over time as well as at four upstream locations on two events, and were analyzed for turbidity, TSS, NOx-N, and SRP. Observed hydrological characteristics included spatially heterogeneous rainfall, flash floods, internal drainage of runoff into the karstic aquifer, and a correlation between event total runoff volumes and event runoff coefficients (r = 0.89). Water quality results identified a first flush phenomenon for TSS, and sources of high TSS, turbidity, and SRP to be industry, urban areas, and agriculture. Considering the low proportion of agr
Les effets de ruissellement de surface sur l'environnement des récifs de Bellairs ont été évaluer par une étude de la qualité de l'eau. Cette étude est divisée en deux composantes. La premiere documente les déversements terrestres des éléments nutritifs et des sédiments dans les eaux côtières. De plus, la mer est divisée en grille, permettant l'analyse d'échantillons survenant de chaque région et des tendances de ces résultats. Des prélèvements de ruisellement de surface ont également été analysées pour leur turbidité, le totale des matieres solides en suspension (TSS), les nitrates-nitrites-nitrogen (NOX - N), et de phosphore soluble réactif (PSR). La turbidité, TSS, salinité, et le taux de sédimentation sur le fond marin ont toutes été obtenus des échantillons maritimes. Les résultats ont démontré que pour les quatre occasions de déchargements terrestres, l'eau au dessus des récifs excédés les limites de conseil de TSS, turbidité ou les deux. Après un événement de déchargement, les changements de qualité d'eau maritime autour d'une sortie dépendent sur le TSS. Par contre, au dessus des récifs, à 600m de la sortie, il y a le facteur supplementaire de vent. Des tendances spatiales n'ont pas été observés a travers le récif, mais une apparente direction des décharges envers le nord a été remarqué en avant des sorties. Le taux de sédimentation excédé les limites de conseil pendant 35 jours des 118 jours d'observations totales. La deuxième composante de cette étude caractérise le bassin d'évacuation lié à la sortie maritime mentionné en terme d'hygrologie, qualités des eaux, et de la relation entre ce dernier et l'utilisation des terres. Des échantillons d'eaux ont été pris à travers le temps à la sortie, ainsi qu'à quatre endroits d'amont à deux reprise chacune. Les analyses incluent la turbidité, TSS, PSR et NOX-N. Les caractéristiques hydrologiques observées sont une distribution sp

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Books on the topic "Coral reef animals – Barbados"

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Mary, Reid, ed. Coral reef. New York: Scholastic, 1998.

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Coral reef. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1992.

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Ethan, Eric. Coral reef hunters. Milwaukee: Gareth Stevens Publ., 1997.

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Coral reef. New York: Franklin Watts, 1991.

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Johnson, Jinny. Coral reef life. Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2012.

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Coral reef. New York: Children's Press, 1997.

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Michael, George. Coral reef. Mankato, Minn: Creative Education, 1992.

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The coral reef aquarium. New York, NY: Howell Book House, 1999.

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Ethan, Eric. Coral reef feeders. Milwaukee: Gareth Stevens Publ., 1997.

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Coldiron, Deborah. Coral. Edina, Minn: ABDO Pub. Co., 2008.

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Diaz, M. Cristina. "Mangrove and coral reef sponge faunas: untold stories about shallow water Porifera in the Caribbean." In Ancient Animals, New Challenges, 179–90. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4688-6_15.

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McFarland, W., C. Wahl, T. Suchanek, and F. McAlary. "The behavior of animals around twilight with emphasis on coral reef communities." In Adaptive Mechanisms in the Ecology of Vision, 583–628. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0619-3_20.

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Baker, John R. "A Coral Reef." In Man and Animals in the New Hebrides, 155–75. Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315828343-7.

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Speed*, Robert C., and Hai Cheng†. "Active emergence, chronology, and limestone facies in southeastern windward Barbados." In Emergence and Evolution of Barbados, 21–44. Geological Society of America, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/2021.2549(02).

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ABSTRACT Barbados is actively rising in the latest phase of a long history of emergence that began as far back as 15 Ma. The current phase began at or before ca. 700 ka, is highly nonuniform, and at least locally, has been nonsteady. The uplift rate field in SE Barbados ranges between near-zero and 0.47 m/k.y. and is harmonic to active structures of NNW-SSE contraction. Emergence markers include limestone strata, coral, and shoreline angles, but we used only shoreline angles in calculations. We divided the capping limestone of windward Barbados into 10 units using physical criteria and dated them with over 40 230Th ages as oxygen isotope stages 5a, 5e, late 7 and early 7, and old (older than 300 ka). The oldest unit is a relic of an earlier phase of emergence. Younger units, probably as old as 700 ka, downlap the eroded flank of the oldest unit and sublimestone foundation. Younger units comprise landward clastic facies deposited on abrasion platforms during eustatic highstand and seaward-coalescent fringe reef blankets deposited on preexisting slopes, mainly in transgression. Earlier models of ridged reefs of catch-up growth origin are not supported in windward Barbados. Shoreline angles, the updip tips of terrace floors and of younger limestone units, are isochronous markers of maximum highstand levels. Despite the lack of direct determination of their ages, shoreline angles provide the truest measures and highest values of emergence. Coral thought to indicate highstand growth gives moderately lower uplift rates due to depths of growth and collapse. Coral grown during transgression gives a marked error in emergence.

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Cowen, R. K., S. Sponaugle, C. B. Paris, J. L. Fortuna, K. M. M. Lwiza, and S. Dorsey. "Impact of North Brazil Current rings on local circulation and coral reef fish recruitment to Barbados, West Indies." In Interhemispheric Water Exchange in the Atlantic Ocean, 443–62. Elsevier, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0422-9894(03)80157-5.

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Schmitt, Russell J. "The Long-Term Ecological Research Construct for Understanding Dynamics of Coral Reef Ecosystems and Its Influence on My Science." In Long-Term Ecological Research. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199380213.003.0044.

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The Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program facilitated my scientific growth in terms of the questions I can address; the tools, approaches, techniques and data to which I have access; and the diversity of intellectual and disciplinary expertise that I can tap. As a consequence, I am asking questions that cut across much larger spatial and especially temporal scales, and my research projects are more interdisciplinary, complex, and integrated. My ability to mentor students at all levels has been transformed by the variety of resources and opportunities afforded by the LTER program. One consequence is that these students are better prepared to become engaged globally. My role in the LTER program has required me to communicate scientific issues and findings to a broad audience. I have become more interested in the translation of science findings to public policy and practices to help conserve key functions of threatened ecosystems. My involvement with the LTER program has enabled me to forge a much larger circle of national and international collaborators to address questions that require a network of similar sites. The LTER construct has enabled me to broaden the scope of my research by expanding the interdisciplinary nature of my collaborations and the diversity of tools at my disposal. My involvement with the LTER program began in 2000 when I joined the Santa Barbara Coastal (SBC) site as an associate investigator, and it expanded in 2004 to include being the principal investigator of the newly established Moorea Coral Reef (MCR) site. I am privileged to continue to serve as principal investigator of MCR and as an associate investigator at SBC. My research interests center on ecological processes and feedbacks that drive the dynamics of populations and communities. Prior to my involvement in the LTER program, I conducted my research projects either alone or with a small group of like-minded collaborators to address such issues as regulation of (marine) animals with open populations or the effect of indirect interactions on coexistence of species (Figure 28.1). These projects taught me some of the limitations of “small science,” particularly when exacerbated by a lack of relevant long-term data.

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