Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation
Nature Communications 6, 7785 (2015). doi:10.1038/ncomms8785 : Ocean acidification is predicted to impact ecosystems reliant on calcifying organisms, potentially reducing the socioeconomic benefits these habitats provide. Here we investigate the acclimation potential of stony corals living along a p...
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ftdatacite:10.3204/pubdb-2017-07051 2023-05-15T17:50:09+02:00 Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation Fantazzini, Paola Mengoli, Stefano Pasquini, Luca Bortolotti, Villiam Brizi, Leonardo Mariani, Manuel Di Giosia, Matteo Fermani, Simona Capaccioni, Bruno Caroselli, Erik Prada, Fiorella Zaccanti, Francesco Levy, Oren Dubinsky, Zvy Kaandorp, Jaap A. Konglerd, Pirom Hammel, Joerg Dauphin, Yannicke Cuif, Jean-Pierre Weaver, James C. Fabricius, Katharina E. Wagermaier, Wolfgang Fratzl, Peter Falini, Giuseppe Goffredo, Stefano 2015 https://dx.doi.org/10.3204/pubdb-2017-07051 http://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/330599 en eng Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8785 500 Text Journal article article-journal ScholarlyArticle 2015 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.3204/pubdb-2017-07051 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8785 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Nature Communications 6, 7785 (2015). doi:10.1038/ncomms8785 : Ocean acidification is predicted to impact ecosystems reliant on calcifying organisms, potentially reducing the socioeconomic benefits these habitats provide. Here we investigate the acclimation potential of stony corals living along a pH gradient caused by a Mediterranean CO$_2$ vent that serves as a natural long-term experimental setting. We show that in response to reduced skeletal mineralization at lower pH, corals increase their skeletal macroporosity (features >10 μm) in order to maintain constant linear extension rate, an important criterion for reproductive output. At the nanoscale, the coral skeleton’s structural features are not altered. However, higher skeletal porosity, and reduced bulk density and stiffness may contribute to reduce population density and increase damage susceptibility under low pH conditions. Based on these observations, the almost universally employed measure of coral biomineralization, the rate of linear extension, might not be a reliable metric for assessing coral health and resilience in a warming and acidifying ocean. : Published by Macmillan, London Text Ocean acidification DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Nature Communications 6, 7785 (2015). doi:10.1038/ncomms8785 : Ocean acidification is predicted to impact ecosystems reliant on calcifying organisms, potentially reducing the socioeconomic benefits these habitats provide. Here we investigate the acclimation potential of stony corals living along a pH gradient caused by a Mediterranean CO$_2$ vent that serves as a natural long-term experimental setting. We show that in response to reduced skeletal mineralization at lower pH, corals increase their skeletal macroporosity (features >10 μm) in order to maintain constant linear extension rate, an important criterion for reproductive output. At the nanoscale, the coral skeleton’s structural features are not altered. However, higher skeletal porosity, and reduced bulk density and stiffness may contribute to reduce population density and increase damage susceptibility under low pH conditions. Based on these observations, the almost universally employed measure of coral biomineralization, the rate of linear extension, might not be a reliable metric for assessing coral health and resilience in a warming and acidifying ocean. : Published by Macmillan, London |
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Fantazzini, Paola Mengoli, Stefano Pasquini, Luca Bortolotti, Villiam Brizi, Leonardo Mariani, Manuel Di Giosia, Matteo Fermani, Simona Capaccioni, Bruno Caroselli, Erik Prada, Fiorella Zaccanti, Francesco Levy, Oren Dubinsky, Zvy Kaandorp, Jaap A. Konglerd, Pirom Hammel, Joerg Dauphin, Yannicke Cuif, Jean-Pierre Weaver, James C. Fabricius, Katharina E. Wagermaier, Wolfgang Fratzl, Peter Falini, Giuseppe Goffredo, Stefano |
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Fantazzini, Paola Mengoli, Stefano Pasquini, Luca Bortolotti, Villiam Brizi, Leonardo Mariani, Manuel Di Giosia, Matteo Fermani, Simona Capaccioni, Bruno Caroselli, Erik Prada, Fiorella Zaccanti, Francesco Levy, Oren Dubinsky, Zvy Kaandorp, Jaap A. Konglerd, Pirom Hammel, Joerg Dauphin, Yannicke Cuif, Jean-Pierre Weaver, James C. Fabricius, Katharina E. Wagermaier, Wolfgang Fratzl, Peter Falini, Giuseppe Goffredo, Stefano |
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Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
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Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
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Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
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Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
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Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
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gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
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