Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation
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...
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ftdesyvdb:oai:bib-pubdb1.desy.de:330599 2023-05-15T17:50:08+02:00 Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation Fantazzini, Paola Mengoli, Stefano Prada, Fiorella Zaccanti, Francesco Levy, Oren Dubinsky, Zvy Kaandorp, Jaap A. Konglerd, Pirom Hammel, Joerg Dauphin, Yannicke Cuif, Jean-Pierre Weaver, James C. Pasquini, Luca Fabricius, Katharina E. Wagermaier, Wolfgang Fratzl, Peter Falini, Giuseppe Goffredo, Stefano Bortolotti, Villiam Brizi, Leonardo Mariani, Manuel Di Giosia, Matteo Fermani, Simona Capaccioni, Bruno Caroselli, Erik DE 2015 https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/330599 https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/search?p=id:%22PUBDB-2017-07051%22 eng eng Macmillan info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/2041-1723 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000358859800012 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3204/PUBDB-2017-07051 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/ncomms8785 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/pmid:26183259 https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/330599 https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/search?p=id:%22PUBDB-2017-07051%22 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Nature Communications 6, 7785 (2015). doi:10.1038/ncomms8785 info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/500 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2015 ftdesyvdb https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8785 https://doi.org/10.3204/PUBDB-2017-07051 2022-06-30T20:16:19Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification DESY Publication Database (PUBDB) Nature Communications 6 1 |
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info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/500 Fantazzini, Paola Mengoli, Stefano Prada, Fiorella Zaccanti, Francesco Levy, Oren Dubinsky, Zvy Kaandorp, Jaap A. Konglerd, Pirom Hammel, Joerg Dauphin, Yannicke Cuif, Jean-Pierre Weaver, James C. Pasquini, Luca Fabricius, Katharina E. Wagermaier, Wolfgang Fratzl, Peter Falini, Giuseppe Goffredo, Stefano Bortolotti, Villiam Brizi, Leonardo Mariani, Manuel Di Giosia, Matteo Fermani, Simona Capaccioni, Bruno Caroselli, Erik Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
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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. |
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Fantazzini, Paola Mengoli, Stefano Prada, Fiorella Zaccanti, Francesco Levy, Oren Dubinsky, Zvy Kaandorp, Jaap A. Konglerd, Pirom Hammel, Joerg Dauphin, Yannicke Cuif, Jean-Pierre Weaver, James C. Pasquini, Luca Fabricius, Katharina E. Wagermaier, Wolfgang Fratzl, Peter Falini, Giuseppe Goffredo, Stefano Bortolotti, Villiam Brizi, Leonardo Mariani, Manuel Di Giosia, Matteo Fermani, Simona Capaccioni, Bruno Caroselli, Erik |
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Fantazzini, Paola Mengoli, Stefano Prada, Fiorella Zaccanti, Francesco Levy, Oren Dubinsky, Zvy Kaandorp, Jaap A. Konglerd, Pirom Hammel, Joerg Dauphin, Yannicke Cuif, Jean-Pierre Weaver, James C. Pasquini, Luca Fabricius, Katharina E. Wagermaier, Wolfgang Fratzl, Peter Falini, Giuseppe Goffredo, Stefano Bortolotti, Villiam Brizi, Leonardo Mariani, Manuel Di Giosia, Matteo Fermani, Simona Capaccioni, Bruno Caroselli, Erik |
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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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