Abstract: The eastern tropical Pacific is oceanographically unfavorable for coral‑reef development. Nevertheless, reefs have persisted there for the last 7000 years. Rates of vertical accretion during the Holocene have been similar in the strong‑upwelling Gulf of Panamá (GoP) and the adjacent, weak‑upwelling Gulf of Chiriquí (GoC); however, seasonal upwelling...
Upwelling, climate change, and the shifting geography of coral reef development
