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Main Authors: Cornwall, Christopher Edward, Comeau, Steeve, DeCarlo, Thomas M, Moore, B, D'Alexis, Q, McCulloch, Malcolm T
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Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 2018
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.914886
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author Cornwall, Christopher Edward
Comeau, Steeve
DeCarlo, Thomas M
Moore, B
D'Alexis, Q
McCulloch, Malcolm T
author_facet Cornwall, Christopher Edward
Comeau, Steeve
DeCarlo, Thomas M
Moore, B
D'Alexis, Q
McCulloch, Malcolm T
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Ocean acidification is a threat to the continued accretion of coral reefs, though some undergo daily fluctuations in pH exceeding declines predicted by 2100. We test whether exposure to greater pH variability enhances resistance to ocean acidification for the coral Goniopora sp. and coralline alga Hydrolithon reinboldii from two sites: one with low pH variability (less than 0.15 units daily; Shell Island) and a site with high pH variability (up to 1.4 pH units daily; Tallon Island). We grew populations of both species for more than 100 days under a combination of differing pH variability (high/low) and means (ambient pH 8.05/ocean acidification pH 7.65). Calcification rates of Goniopora sp. were unaffected by the examined variables. Calcification rates of H. reinboldii were significantly faster in Tallon than in Shell Island individuals, and Tallon Island individuals calcified faster in the high variability pH 8.05 treatment compared with all others. Geochemical proxies for carbonate chemistry within the calcifying fluid (cf) of both species indicated that only mean seawater pH influenced pHcf. pH treatments had no effect on proxies for Omega cf. These limited responses to extreme pH treatments demonstrate that some calcifying taxa may be capable of maintaining constant rates of calcification under ocean acidification by actively modifying Omega cf.
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spellingShingle Seawater carbonate chemistry and resistance of corals and coralline algae to ocean acidification
Cornwall, Christopher Edward
Comeau, Steeve
DeCarlo, Thomas M
Moore, B
D'Alexis, Q
McCulloch, Malcolm T
Acid-base regulation; Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard error; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Boron/Calcium ratio; Calcification/Dissolution; Calcification rate; Calcifying fluid, aragonite saturation state; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using seacarb; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Cnidaria; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Event label; EXP; Experiment; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Full width at half maximum; Goniopora sp.; Gross photosynthesis rate, oxygen; Hydrolithon reinboldii; Indian Ocean; Laboratory experiment; Macroalgae; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH; Plantae; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Primary production/Photosynthesis; Registration number of species; Respiration; Respiration rate, oxygen; Rhodophyta; Salinity; Shell_Island; Single species; Site; Species; Tallon_Island; Temperature, water; Treatment; Tropical; Type; Uniform resource locator/link to reference; δ11B
Ocean acidification is a threat to the continued accretion of coral reefs, though some undergo daily fluctuations in pH exceeding declines predicted by 2100. We test whether exposure to greater pH variability enhances resistance to ocean acidification for the coral Goniopora sp. and coralline alga Hydrolithon reinboldii from two sites: one with low pH variability (less than 0.15 units daily; Shell Island) and a site with high pH variability (up to 1.4 pH units daily; Tallon Island). We grew populations of both species for more than 100 days under a combination of differing pH variability (high/low) and means (ambient pH 8.05/ocean acidification pH 7.65). Calcification rates of Goniopora sp. were unaffected by the examined variables. Calcification rates of H. reinboldii were significantly faster in Tallon than in Shell Island individuals, and Tallon Island individuals calcified faster in the high variability pH 8.05 treatment compared with all others. Geochemical proxies for carbonate chemistry within the calcifying fluid (cf) of both species indicated that only mean seawater pH influenced pHcf. pH treatments had no effect on proxies for Omega cf. These limited responses to extreme pH treatments demonstrate that some calcifying taxa may be capable of maintaining constant rates of calcification under ocean acidification by actively modifying Omega cf.
title Seawater carbonate chemistry and resistance of corals and coralline algae to ocean acidification
topic Acid-base regulation; Alkalinity, total; Alkalinity, total, standard error; Animalia; Aragonite saturation state; Benthic animals; Benthos; Bicarbonate ion; Biomass/Abundance/Elemental composition; Boron/Calcium ratio; Calcification/Dissolution; Calcification rate; Calcifying fluid, aragonite saturation state; Calcite saturation state; Calculated using seacarb; Calculated using seacarb after Nisumaa et al. (2010); Carbon, inorganic, dissolved; Carbonate ion; Carbonate system computation flag; Carbon dioxide; Cnidaria; Containers and aquaria (20-1000 L or < 1 m**2); Event label; EXP; Experiment; Fugacity of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); Full width at half maximum; Goniopora sp.; Gross photosynthesis rate, oxygen; Hydrolithon reinboldii; Indian Ocean; Laboratory experiment; Macroalgae; OA-ICC; Ocean acidification; Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre; Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (water) at sea surface temperature (wet air); pH; Plantae; Potentiometric; Potentiometric titration; Primary production/Photosynthesis; Registration number of species; Respiration; Respiration rate, oxygen; Rhodophyta; Salinity; Shell_Island; Single species; Site; Species; Tallon_Island; Temperature, water; Treatment; Tropical; Type; Uniform resource locator/link to reference; δ11B
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.914886