Possible effects of ocean acidification on coral reef biogeochemistry: topics for research

International audience ABSTRACT: This paper is a short review of recent literature on how ocean acidification may influence coral reef organisms and coral reef communities. We argue that it is unclear as to how, and to what extent, ocean acidification will influence calcium carbonate calcification a...

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Published in:Marine Ecology Progress Series
Main Authors: Atkinson, MJ, Cuet, Pascale
Other Authors: Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), Laboratoire d'Ecologie Marine (ECOMAR), Université de La Réunion (UR)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2008
Subjects:
Biogeochemistry
Coral reefs
Ocean acidification
Climate change
[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
Online Access:https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00866234
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00866234/document
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00866234/file/m373p249.pdf
https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07867
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Summary:International audience ABSTRACT: This paper is a short review of recent literature on how ocean acidification may influence coral reef organisms and coral reef communities. We argue that it is unclear as to how, and to what extent, ocean acidification will influence calcium carbonate calcification and dissolution, and affect changes in community structure of present-day coral reefs. It is critical to evaluate the extent to which the metabolism of present-day reefs is influenced by mineral saturation states, and to determine a threshold saturation state at which coral communities cease to function as reefs.

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