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 CO2 vent that serves as a...
Published in: | Nature Communications |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Nature Pub. Group
2015
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:21462054 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8785 |
id |
ftharvardudash:oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/21462054 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftharvardudash:oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/21462054 2023-05-15T17:50:02+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, Jörg U. Dauphin, Yannicke Cuif, Jean-Pierre Weaver, James C. Fabricius, Katharina E. Wagermaier, Wolfgang Fratzl, Peter Falini, Giuseppe Goffredo, Stefano 2015 application/pdf http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:21462054 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8785 en_US eng Nature Pub. Group doi:10.1038/ncomms8785 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4518299/pdf/ Nature Communications Fantazzini, P., S. Mengoli, L. Pasquini, V. Bortolotti, L. Brizi, M. Mariani, M. Di Giosia, et al. 2015. “Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation.” Nature Communications 6 (1): 7785. doi:10.1038/ncomms8785. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8785. 2041-1723 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:21462054 Journal Article 2015 ftharvardudash https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8785 2022-04-05T06:47:12Z 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 CO2 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. Version of Record Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Harvard University: DASH - Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard Nature Communications 6 1 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Harvard University: DASH - Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard |
op_collection_id |
ftharvardudash |
language |
English |
description |
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 CO2 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. Version of Record |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
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, Jörg U. Dauphin, Yannicke Cuif, Jean-Pierre Weaver, James C. Fabricius, Katharina E. Wagermaier, Wolfgang Fratzl, Peter Falini, Giuseppe Goffredo, Stefano |
spellingShingle |
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, Jörg U. Dauphin, Yannicke Cuif, Jean-Pierre Weaver, James C. Fabricius, Katharina E. Wagermaier, Wolfgang Fratzl, Peter Falini, Giuseppe Goffredo, Stefano Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
author_facet |
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, Jörg U. Dauphin, Yannicke Cuif, Jean-Pierre Weaver, James C. Fabricius, Katharina E. Wagermaier, Wolfgang Fratzl, Peter Falini, Giuseppe Goffredo, Stefano |
author_sort |
Fantazzini, Paola |
title |
Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
title_short |
Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
title_full |
Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
title_fullStr |
Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
title_full_unstemmed |
Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
title_sort |
gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
publisher |
Nature Pub. Group |
publishDate |
2015 |
url |
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:21462054 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8785 |
genre |
Ocean acidification |
genre_facet |
Ocean acidification |
op_relation |
doi:10.1038/ncomms8785 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4518299/pdf/ Nature Communications Fantazzini, P., S. Mengoli, L. Pasquini, V. Bortolotti, L. Brizi, M. Mariani, M. Di Giosia, et al. 2015. “Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation.” Nature Communications 6 (1): 7785. doi:10.1038/ncomms8785. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8785. 2041-1723 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:21462054 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8785 |
container_title |
Nature Communications |
container_volume |
6 |
container_issue |
1 |
_version_ |
1766156604806266880 |