Shallow coral reef free ocean carbon enrichment: Novel in situ flumes to manipulate pCO 2 on shallow tropical coral reef communities
Abstract Given the severe implications of climate change and ocean acidification (OA) for marine ecosystems, there is an urgent need to quantify ecosystem function in present‐day conditions to determine the impacts of future changes in environmental conditions. For tropical coral reefs that are acut...
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crwiley:10.1002/lom3.10349 2024-06-02T08:12:37+00:00 Shallow coral reef free ocean carbon enrichment: Novel in situ flumes to manipulate pCO 2 on shallow tropical coral reef communities Srednick, Griffin Bergman, Jessica L. Doo, Steve S. Hawthorn, Myron Ferree, Jeffrey Rojas, Roberto Arias, Rogelio Edmunds, Peter J. Carpenter, Robert C. Division of Ocean Sciences California State University, Northridge 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10349 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Flom3.10349 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/lom3.10349 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/lom3.10349 https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/lom3.10349 https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/lom3.10349 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#am http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Limnology and Oceanography: Methods volume 18, issue 3, page 116-128 ISSN 1541-5856 1541-5856 journal-article 2020 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10349 2024-05-03T11:33:34Z Abstract Given the severe implications of climate change and ocean acidification (OA) for marine ecosystems, there is an urgent need to quantify ecosystem function in present‐day conditions to determine the impacts of future changes in environmental conditions. For tropical coral reefs that are acutely threatened by these effects, the metabolism of benthic communities provides several metrics suitable for this purpose, but the application of infrastructure to manipulate conditions and measure community responses is not fully realized. To date, most studies of the effects of OA on coral reefs have been conducted ex situ, and while greater ecological relevance can be achieved through free ocean carbon enrichment (FOCE) experiments on undisturbed areas of reef, such approaches have been deterred by technical challenges (e.g., spatial scale and duration, stable maintenance of conditions). In this study, we describe novel experimental infrastructure called shallow coral reef (SCoRe) FOCE to overcome these challenges and present data from a proof of concept application in Mo'orea, French Polynesia. Our objectives were to (1) implement an autonomous system that could be deployed kilometers from shore, (2) regulate the chemical (pCO 2 ) and physical properties of seawater over undisturbed, shallow (∼2–5‐m depth) coral reef over multiple weeks, and (3) measure the metabolic response of the coral community to the treatment conditions. We describe the design, function, and application of the SCoRe FOCE, and present data demonstrating its efficacy. This infrastructure has great potential for advancing ecologically relevant studies of the effects of changing environmental conditions on coral reefs. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Wiley Online Library Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 18 3 116 128 |
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Abstract Given the severe implications of climate change and ocean acidification (OA) for marine ecosystems, there is an urgent need to quantify ecosystem function in present‐day conditions to determine the impacts of future changes in environmental conditions. For tropical coral reefs that are acutely threatened by these effects, the metabolism of benthic communities provides several metrics suitable for this purpose, but the application of infrastructure to manipulate conditions and measure community responses is not fully realized. To date, most studies of the effects of OA on coral reefs have been conducted ex situ, and while greater ecological relevance can be achieved through free ocean carbon enrichment (FOCE) experiments on undisturbed areas of reef, such approaches have been deterred by technical challenges (e.g., spatial scale and duration, stable maintenance of conditions). In this study, we describe novel experimental infrastructure called shallow coral reef (SCoRe) FOCE to overcome these challenges and present data from a proof of concept application in Mo'orea, French Polynesia. Our objectives were to (1) implement an autonomous system that could be deployed kilometers from shore, (2) regulate the chemical (pCO 2 ) and physical properties of seawater over undisturbed, shallow (∼2–5‐m depth) coral reef over multiple weeks, and (3) measure the metabolic response of the coral community to the treatment conditions. We describe the design, function, and application of the SCoRe FOCE, and present data demonstrating its efficacy. This infrastructure has great potential for advancing ecologically relevant studies of the effects of changing environmental conditions on coral reefs. |
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Srednick, Griffin Bergman, Jessica L. Doo, Steve S. Hawthorn, Myron Ferree, Jeffrey Rojas, Roberto Arias, Rogelio Edmunds, Peter J. Carpenter, Robert C. |
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Srednick, Griffin Bergman, Jessica L. Doo, Steve S. Hawthorn, Myron Ferree, Jeffrey Rojas, Roberto Arias, Rogelio Edmunds, Peter J. Carpenter, Robert C. Shallow coral reef free ocean carbon enrichment: Novel in situ flumes to manipulate pCO 2 on shallow tropical coral reef communities |
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Srednick, Griffin Bergman, Jessica L. Doo, Steve S. Hawthorn, Myron Ferree, Jeffrey Rojas, Roberto Arias, Rogelio Edmunds, Peter J. Carpenter, Robert C. |
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Shallow coral reef free ocean carbon enrichment: Novel in situ flumes to manipulate pCO 2 on shallow tropical coral reef communities |
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Shallow coral reef free ocean carbon enrichment: Novel in situ flumes to manipulate pCO 2 on shallow tropical coral reef communities |
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Shallow coral reef free ocean carbon enrichment: Novel in situ flumes to manipulate pCO 2 on shallow tropical coral reef communities |
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Shallow coral reef free ocean carbon enrichment: Novel in situ flumes to manipulate pCO 2 on shallow tropical coral reef communities |
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Shallow coral reef free ocean carbon enrichment: Novel in situ flumes to manipulate pCO 2 on shallow tropical coral reef communities |
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shallow coral reef free ocean carbon enrichment: novel in situ flumes to manipulate pco 2 on shallow tropical coral reef communities |
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