Resolving the interactions of ocean acidification and temperature on coral calcification media pH
Resolving the interactions of ocean acidification and temperature on coral calcification media pH
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DOI:
10.1007/s00338-021-02170-2
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发表时间:
2021-08-18
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3.5
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Finch, Adrian
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作者:
Allison, Nicola;Cole, Catherine;Finch, Adrian
Ocean acidification typically reduces the calcification rates of massive Porites spp. corals, but increasing seawater temperatures (below the stress and bleaching threshold) can offset this effect. Here, we use delta B-11 to reconstruct the pH of the calcification media (pH(ECM)) used to precipitate the skeleton in poritid corals cultured over a range of seawater pCO(2) and at 25 degrees C and 28 degrees C. Increasing temperature had no significant effect on pH(ECM) at high pCO(2) although corals increased their calcification rates. pH(ECM) was reduced at 28 degrees C compared to 25 degrees C at low seawater pCO(2), although calcification rates remained constant. Increasing calcification rates could reflect the positive influence of temperature on aragonite precipitation rate, an increase in calcification media saturation state or a change in the concentration/behaviour of the skeletal organic matrix. The two temperatures utilized in this study were within the seasonal range at the coral collection site and do not represent a heat stress scenario. Increasing seawater temperatures may promote calcification in some corals in the future but are unlikely to benefit the majority of corals, which are already living close to their maximum thermal tolerance limits.