Assessing ocean acidification impacts on the reef building properties of crustose coralline algae

• Main Author: Nash, Merinda Catherine
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The Australian National University 2015
• Subjects: Crustose coralline algae; dolomite; ocean acidification; coral reefs; biomineralisation; biomineralization; nanoindentation; porolithon onkodes; Heron Island; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25911/5d7635dc4e712; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/110700

Crustose coralline algae (CCA), and in particular Porolithon onkodes, play an important reef-building role in modern tropical coral reefs. CCA form thick crusts of Mg-calcite and grow over corals and loose substrate to bind these together. This binding and cementing process is fundamental to the dev...