Growth and Calcification of Reef-Building Coralline Algae and Their Response to Ocean Acidification
Coralline algae play a central role in tropical reef ecology helping to build and stabilise the reef framework. Due to their high Mg-calcite skeleton, coralline algae are also one of the most sensitive marine calcifying organisms to ocean acidification, and potential indicators for assessing the imp...
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ftgriffithuniv:oai:research-repository.griffith.edu.au:10072/366854 2023-05-15T17:49:49+02:00 Growth and Calcification of Reef-Building Coralline Algae and Their Response to Ocean Acidification Lewis, Bonnie Emma Guillermo Diaz-Pulido Jacinta Zalucki 2016 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366854 English eng Griffith University Coralline algae Mg-calcite skeleton Reef building algae Ocean acidification Reefs and ocean warming Griffith thesis 2016 ftgriffithuniv 2018-07-30T11:01:51Z Coralline algae play a central role in tropical reef ecology helping to build and stabilise the reef framework. Due to their high Mg-calcite skeleton, coralline algae are also one of the most sensitive marine calcifying organisms to ocean acidification, and potential indicators for assessing the impacts of climate change. However, despite their importance in reef ecology, basic information on coralline algae, such as their growth and calcification rates, are relatively unknown. The reason for this scarcity of information is, in part, due to the lack of effective and efficient methods for obtaining these rates in the field, and the slow growth of coralline algae necessitating lengthy studies. Therefore, the aims of this study were to establish more effective methods to determine in situ growth and calcification rates of coralline algae, to determine baseline growth and calcification rates of a key reef-building coralline algae species on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), and to investigate the effects future climate change scenarios may have on these growth rates. Thesis (PhD Doctorate) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Griffith School of Environment Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology Full Text Other/Unknown Material Ocean acidification Griffith University: Griffith Research Online Griffith ENVELOPE(-155.500,-155.500,-85.883,-85.883) |
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Coralline algae play a central role in tropical reef ecology helping to build and stabilise the reef framework. Due to their high Mg-calcite skeleton, coralline algae are also one of the most sensitive marine calcifying organisms to ocean acidification, and potential indicators for assessing the impacts of climate change. However, despite their importance in reef ecology, basic information on coralline algae, such as their growth and calcification rates, are relatively unknown. The reason for this scarcity of information is, in part, due to the lack of effective and efficient methods for obtaining these rates in the field, and the slow growth of coralline algae necessitating lengthy studies. Therefore, the aims of this study were to establish more effective methods to determine in situ growth and calcification rates of coralline algae, to determine baseline growth and calcification rates of a key reef-building coralline algae species on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), and to investigate the effects future climate change scenarios may have on these growth rates. Thesis (PhD Doctorate) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Griffith School of Environment Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology Full Text |
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Growth and Calcification of Reef-Building Coralline Algae and Their Response to Ocean Acidification |
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Growth and Calcification of Reef-Building Coralline Algae and Their Response to Ocean Acidification |
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Growth and Calcification of Reef-Building Coralline Algae and Their Response to Ocean Acidification |
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Growth and Calcification of Reef-Building Coralline Algae and Their Response to Ocean Acidification |
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Growth and Calcification of Reef-Building Coralline Algae and Their Response to Ocean Acidification |
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growth and calcification of reef-building coralline algae and their response to ocean acidification |
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