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Main Authors: Holcomb, Michael, Venn, Alexander A, Tambutté, Eric, Tambutté, Sylvie, Allemand, Denis, Trotter, Julie, McCulloch, Malcolm T
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Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 2014
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.843920
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author Holcomb, Michael
Venn, Alexander A
Tambutté, Eric
Tambutté, Sylvie
Allemand, Denis
Trotter, Julie
McCulloch, Malcolm T
author_facet Holcomb, Michael
Venn, Alexander A
Tambutté, Eric
Tambutté, Sylvie
Allemand, Denis
Trotter, Julie
McCulloch, Malcolm T
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Ocean acidification driven by rising levels of CO2 impairs calcification, threatening coral reef growth. Predicting how corals respond to CO2 requires a better understanding of how calcification is controlled. Here we show how spatial variations in the pH of the internal calcifying fluid (pHcf) in coral (Stylophora pistillata) colonies correlates with differential sensitivity of calcification to acidification. Coral apexes had the highest pHcf and experienced the smallest changes in pHcf in response to acidification. Lateral growth was associated with lower pHcf and greater changes with acidification. Calcification showed a pattern similar to pHcf, with lateral growth being more strongly affected by acidification than apical. Regulation of pHcf is therefore spatially variable within a coral and critical to determining the sensitivity of calcification to ocean acidification.
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spellingShingle Coral calcifying fluid pH dictates response to ocean acidification
Holcomb, Michael
Venn, Alexander A
Tambutté, Eric
Tambutté, Sylvie
Allemand, Denis
Trotter, Julie
McCulloch, Malcolm T
Acid-base regulation; Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard deviation; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Calcification/Dissolution; Calcifying fluid, pH; Calcifying fluid, pH, standard deviation; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Cnidaria; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Difference; Difference, standard deviation; Figure; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Group; Growth, relative; Growth, relative, standard deviation; Growth/Morphology; Identification; Incubation duration; Laboratory experiment; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH, standard deviation; pH, total scale; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Salinity; Single species; South Pacific; Species; Stylophora pistillata; Temperate; Temperature, water; δ11B; δ11B, standard error
Ocean acidification driven by rising levels of CO2 impairs calcification, threatening coral reef growth. Predicting how corals respond to CO2 requires a better understanding of how calcification is controlled. Here we show how spatial variations in the pH of the internal calcifying fluid (pHcf) in coral (Stylophora pistillata) colonies correlates with differential sensitivity of calcification to acidification. Coral apexes had the highest pHcf and experienced the smallest changes in pHcf in response to acidification. Lateral growth was associated with lower pHcf and greater changes with acidification. Calcification showed a pattern similar to pHcf, with lateral growth being more strongly affected by acidification than apical. Regulation of pHcf is therefore spatially variable within a coral and critical to determining the sensitivity of calcification to ocean acidification.
title Coral calcifying fluid pH dictates response to ocean acidification
topic Acid-base regulation; Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard deviation; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Calcification/Dissolution; Calcifying fluid, pH; Calcifying fluid, pH, standard deviation; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Cnidaria; Coast and continental shelf; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Difference; Difference, standard deviation; Figure; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Group; Growth, relative; Growth, relative, standard deviation; Growth/Morphology; Identification; Incubation duration; Laboratory experiment; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH, standard deviation; pH, total scale; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Salinity; Single species; South Pacific; Species; Stylophora pistillata; Temperate; Temperature, water; δ11B; δ11B, standard error
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.843920