High interstadial sea levels over the past 420ka from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea

Limited Membership in Pleistocene Reef Coral Assemblages from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea: Constancy During Global Change

-One of the most intriguing questions in community ecology remains unanswered: Are ecological communities open assemblages with each species reacting individually to environmental change, or are they integrated units consisting of multispecies assemblages acting in concert? I address this question for marine organisms by examining the taxonomic composition and diversity of Indo-Pacific reef cor...

Exploration of the deep-sea fauna of Papua New Guinea

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Reconciliation of late Quaternary sea levels derived from coral terraces at Huon Peninsula with deep sea oxygen isotope records

A major discrepancy between the Late Quatemary sea level changes derived from raised coral reef terraces at the Huon Peninsula in Papua New Guinea and from oxygen isotopes in deep sea cores is resolved. The two methods agree closely from 120 ka to 80 ka and from 20 ka to 0 ka (ka = 1000 yr before present), but between 70 and 30 ka the isotopic sea levels are 20-40 m lower than the Huon Peninsul...

Community dynamics of Pleistocene coral reefs during alternative climatic regimes.

Reef ecosystems built during successive periods of Pleistocene sea level rise have shown remarkable persistence in coral community structure, but little is known of the ecological characteristics of reef communities during periods of low sea stands or sea level falls. We sampled the relative species abundance of coral, benthic foraminifera, and calcareous red algae communities from eight submer...

Commentary: Contrary findings from Guinea-Bissau and Papua New Guinea.