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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2675-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2675-2016
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10 May 2016
Research article |  | 10 May 2016

Sex-associated variations in coral skeletal oxygen and carbon isotopic composition of Porites panamensis in the southern Gulf of California

Rafael A. Cabral-Tena, Alberto Sánchez, Héctor Reyes-Bonilla, Angel H. Ruvalcaba-Díaz, and Eduardo F. Balart

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Coral growth rate is known to influence the δ18O and δ13C isotope record to a lesser extent. Recent published data show differences in growth parameters between female and male coral; thus, skeletal δ18O and δ13C are hypothesized to be different in each sex. Our results support the hypothesis of a sex-associated difference in skeletal δ18O and δ13C signal, and suggest that environmental conditions and coral growth parameters affect skeletal isotopic signal differently in each sex.
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