Recruitment and Succession in a Tropical Benthic Community in Response to In-Situ Ocean Acidification.
Ocean acidification is a pervasive threat to coral reef ecosystems, and our understanding of the ecological processes driving patterns in tropical benthic community development in conditions of acidification is limited. We deployed limestone recruitment tiles in low aragonite saturation (Ωarag) wate...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:03a4360485cf4a5d900ac4f368a0526c 2023-05-15T17:50:28+02:00 Recruitment and Succession in a Tropical Benthic Community in Response to In-Situ Ocean Acidification. Elizabeth Derse Crook Kristy J Kroeker Donald C Potts Mario Rebolledo-Vieyra Laura M Hernandez-Terrones Adina Paytan 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146707 https://doaj.org/article/03a4360485cf4a5d900ac4f368a0526c EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4718464?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 1932-6203 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146707 https://doaj.org/article/03a4360485cf4a5d900ac4f368a0526c PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 1, p e0146707 (2016) Medicine R Science Q article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146707 2022-12-31T09:17:55Z Ocean acidification is a pervasive threat to coral reef ecosystems, and our understanding of the ecological processes driving patterns in tropical benthic community development in conditions of acidification is limited. We deployed limestone recruitment tiles in low aragonite saturation (Ωarag) waters during an in-situ field experiment at Puerto Morelos, Mexico, and compared them to tiles placed in control zones over a 14-month investigation. The early stages of succession showed relatively little difference in coverage of calcifying organisms between the low Ωarag and control zones. However, after 14 months of development, tiles from the low Ωarag zones had up to 70% less cover of calcifying organisms coincident with 42% more fleshy algae than the controls. The percent cover of biofilm and turf algae was also significantly greater in the low Ωarag zones, while the number of key grazing taxa remained constant. We hypothesize that fleshy algae have a competitive edge over the primary calcified space holders, coralline algae, and that acidification leads to altered competitive dynamics between various taxa. We suggest that as acidification impacts reefs in the future, there will be a shift in community assemblages away from upright and crustose coralline algae toward more fleshy algae and turf, established in the early stages of succession. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles PLOS ONE 11 1 e0146707 |
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Ocean acidification is a pervasive threat to coral reef ecosystems, and our understanding of the ecological processes driving patterns in tropical benthic community development in conditions of acidification is limited. We deployed limestone recruitment tiles in low aragonite saturation (Ωarag) waters during an in-situ field experiment at Puerto Morelos, Mexico, and compared them to tiles placed in control zones over a 14-month investigation. The early stages of succession showed relatively little difference in coverage of calcifying organisms between the low Ωarag and control zones. However, after 14 months of development, tiles from the low Ωarag zones had up to 70% less cover of calcifying organisms coincident with 42% more fleshy algae than the controls. The percent cover of biofilm and turf algae was also significantly greater in the low Ωarag zones, while the number of key grazing taxa remained constant. We hypothesize that fleshy algae have a competitive edge over the primary calcified space holders, coralline algae, and that acidification leads to altered competitive dynamics between various taxa. We suggest that as acidification impacts reefs in the future, there will be a shift in community assemblages away from upright and crustose coralline algae toward more fleshy algae and turf, established in the early stages of succession. |
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Elizabeth Derse Crook Kristy J Kroeker Donald C Potts Mario Rebolledo-Vieyra Laura M Hernandez-Terrones Adina Paytan |
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Elizabeth Derse Crook Kristy J Kroeker Donald C Potts Mario Rebolledo-Vieyra Laura M Hernandez-Terrones Adina Paytan |
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Recruitment and Succession in a Tropical Benthic Community in Response to In-Situ Ocean Acidification. |
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Recruitment and Succession in a Tropical Benthic Community in Response to In-Situ Ocean Acidification. |
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Recruitment and Succession in a Tropical Benthic Community in Response to In-Situ Ocean Acidification. |
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Recruitment and Succession in a Tropical Benthic Community in Response to In-Situ Ocean Acidification. |
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Recruitment and Succession in a Tropical Benthic Community in Response to In-Situ Ocean Acidification. |
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recruitment and succession in a tropical benthic community in response to in-situ ocean acidification. |
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