The responses of eight coral reef calcifiers to increasing partial pressure of CO2 do not exhibit a tipping point

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Carpenter, Robert C., Comeau, Steeve, Edmunds, Peter J., Spindel, Nathan B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Limnology and Oceanography 2013
• Subjects: Coral reefs; Ocean acidification (OA); Carbon dioxide (CO2); Calcification; Acropora pulchra; Porites rus; Pocillopora damicornis; Pavona cactus; Hydrolithon onkodes; Lithophyllum flavescens; Halimeda macroloba; Halimeda minima; Rus’; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/138842

The objective of this study was to investigate whether a tipping point exists in the calcification responses of coral reef calcifiers to CO 2 . We compared the effects of six partial pressures of CO 2 (P CO2 ) from 28 Pa to 210 Pa on the net calcification of four corals ( Acropora pulchra, Porites r...