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Malcolm McCulloch WA Premier’s Fellow ARC Laureate Fellow

Resilience of Coral Reefs of NW Western Australia to Climatic Extremes and Environmental Impacts. Malcolm McCulloch WA Premier’s Fellow ARC Laureate Fellow. Climate Change & Coral Reefs. Kimberley. Rowley Shoals. Dampier to Ningaloo Reef. Houtman Abrolhos. Rottnest Is.

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Malcolm McCulloch WA Premier’s Fellow ARC Laureate Fellow

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  1. Resilience of Coral Reefs of NW Western Australia to Climatic Extremes and Environmental Impacts Malcolm McCullochWA Premier’s Fellow ARC Laureate Fellow

  2. Climate Change & Coral Reefs Kimberley Rowley Shoals Dampier to Ningaloo Reef Houtman Abrolhos Rottnest Is Key Research Themes: • Ocean acidification response of coral calcification to CO2vstemp. (large N-S gradient in SST along WA coast) • Rising ocean temperatures coral bleaching: magnitude, rapidity of change? • Projecting coral reef futuresintegrating biogeochemical processes with physical/chemical models Can corals adapt ? At what rate? Feb-Mar 2011:

  3. Climate Change & Coral Reefs Key Research Themes for NW WA • Adaption of Kimberley corals to temperature extremes What controls extraordinary resistance of coral to high SST’s extremes? Is resilience transferable ? • Long-term coral records of change & baseline response SST records of ocean warming, pH changes, calcification rates, river runoff (sediment loads, flood plumes, cyclone frequency etc) • Community-scale interactions & response to warming, OA reef-scale interactions, eg corals <-> seagrass to OA,> SST & environmental impacts (fishing, runoff etc)

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