Carbonate production and loss among inshore island reefs of the Pilbara, Western Australia

Abstract

This thesis provides the first full comprehensive carbonate reef and sediment budgets among turbid reefs of the Pilbara, Western Australia. Through detailed in situ census-based techniques, on site measures of carbonate production and loss were measured across two island reefs. Importantly, this research displays areas of ambiguity among methodologies adopted across modern carbonate budget studies, as well as the remaining knowledge gaps that are increasingly relevant under climate change predictions