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Main Authors: Holcomb, Michael, McCorkle, Daniel C, Cohen, Anne L
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Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 2010
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.754779
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author Holcomb, Michael
McCorkle, Daniel C
Cohen, Anne L
author_facet Holcomb, Michael
McCorkle, Daniel C
Cohen, Anne L
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Zooxanthellate colonies of the scleractinian coral Astrangia poculata were grown under combinations of ambient and elevated nutrients (5 µM NO, 0.3 µM PO4, and 2nM Fe) and CO2 (780 ppmv) treatments for a period of 6 months. Coral calcification rates, estimated from buoyant weights, were not significantly affected by moderately elevated nutrients at ambient CO2 and were negatively affected by elevated CO2 at ambient nutrient levels. However, calcification by corals reared under elevated nutrients combined with elevated CO2 was not significantly different from that of corals reared under ambient conditions, suggesting that CO2 enrichment can lead to nutrient limitation in zooxanthellate corals. A conceptual model is proposed to explain how nutrients and CO2 interact to control zooxanthellate coral calcification. Nutrient limited corals are unable to utilize an increase in dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) as nutrients are already limiting growth, thus the effect of elevated CO2 on saturation state drives the calcification response. Under nutrient replete conditions, corals may have the ability to utilize more DIC, thus the calcification response to CO2 becomes the product of a negative effect on saturation state and a positive effect on gross carbon fixation, depending upon which dominates, the calcification response can be either positive or negative. This may help explain how the range of coral responses found in different studies of ocean acidification can be obtained.
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spellingShingle Seawater carbonate chemistry, nutrients and growth rate during experiments with coral Astrangia poculata and field observations, 2010
Holcomb, Michael
McCorkle, Daniel C
Cohen, Anne L
Animalia; Astrangia poculata; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (<20 L); Calcification/Dissolution; Cnidaria; Coast and continental shelf; CTD/Rosette; CTD-RO; EPOCA; EUR-OCEANS; European network of excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis; European Project on Ocean Acidification; Great_Harbor_051104/14; Great_Harbor_051104/22; Great_Harbor_051105/06; Great_Harbor_051105/11; Great_Harbor_051105/15; Great_Harbor_060101/10; Great_Harbor_060101/18; Great_Harbor_061104/14; Great_Harbor_070119/16; Great_Harbor_070219/17; Great_Harbor_070319/16; Great_Harbor_070419/16; Great_Harbor_070519/18; Great_Harbor_070702/17; Great_Harbor_070720/17; Great_Harbor_070820/17; Great_Harbor_070920/18; Great_Harbor_080327/17; Great_Harbor_080423/17; Great_Harbor_080529/16; Great_Harbor_080623/17; Great_Harbor_080729/17; Great_Harbor_080831/18; Great_Harbor_081005/18; Great_Harbor_081109/18; Great_Harbor_081212/19; Great_Harbor_090219/20; Great_Harbor_090328/18; Great_Harbor_090430/18; Laboratory experiment; Macro-nutrients; North Atlantic; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Single species; Temperate
Zooxanthellate colonies of the scleractinian coral Astrangia poculata were grown under combinations of ambient and elevated nutrients (5 µM NO, 0.3 µM PO4, and 2nM Fe) and CO2 (780 ppmv) treatments for a period of 6 months. Coral calcification rates, estimated from buoyant weights, were not significantly affected by moderately elevated nutrients at ambient CO2 and were negatively affected by elevated CO2 at ambient nutrient levels. However, calcification by corals reared under elevated nutrients combined with elevated CO2 was not significantly different from that of corals reared under ambient conditions, suggesting that CO2 enrichment can lead to nutrient limitation in zooxanthellate corals. A conceptual model is proposed to explain how nutrients and CO2 interact to control zooxanthellate coral calcification. Nutrient limited corals are unable to utilize an increase in dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) as nutrients are already limiting growth, thus the effect of elevated CO2 on saturation state drives the calcification response. Under nutrient replete conditions, corals may have the ability to utilize more DIC, thus the calcification response to CO2 becomes the product of a negative effect on saturation state and a positive effect on gross carbon fixation, depending upon which dominates, the calcification response can be either positive or negative. This may help explain how the range of coral responses found in different studies of ocean acidification can be obtained.
title Seawater carbonate chemistry, nutrients and growth rate during experiments with coral Astrangia poculata and field observations, 2010
topic Animalia; Astrangia poculata; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bottles or small containers/Aquaria (<20 L); Calcification/Dissolution; Cnidaria; Coast and continental shelf; CTD/Rosette; CTD-RO; EPOCA; EUR-OCEANS; European network of excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis; European Project on Ocean Acidification; Great_Harbor_051104/14; Great_Harbor_051104/22; Great_Harbor_051105/06; Great_Harbor_051105/11; Great_Harbor_051105/15; Great_Harbor_060101/10; Great_Harbor_060101/18; Great_Harbor_061104/14; Great_Harbor_070119/16; Great_Harbor_070219/17; Great_Harbor_070319/16; Great_Harbor_070419/16; Great_Harbor_070519/18; Great_Harbor_070702/17; Great_Harbor_070720/17; Great_Harbor_070820/17; Great_Harbor_070920/18; Great_Harbor_080327/17; Great_Harbor_080423/17; Great_Harbor_080529/16; Great_Harbor_080623/17; Great_Harbor_080729/17; Great_Harbor_080831/18; Great_Harbor_081005/18; Great_Harbor_081109/18; Great_Harbor_081212/19; Great_Harbor_090219/20; Great_Harbor_090328/18; Great_Harbor_090430/18; Laboratory experiment; Macro-nutrients; North Atlantic; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Single species; Temperate
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.754779