Calcification is not the Achilles' heel of cold-water corals in an acidifying ocean

• Main Authors: /Rodolfo-Metalpa, Riccardo, Montagna, P., Aliani, S., Borghini, M., Canese, S., Hall-Spencer, J. M., Foggo, A., Milazzo, M., Taviani, M., /Houlbrèque, Fanny
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: calcification and dissolution; Caryophyllia smithii; cold-water corals; Dendrophyllia cornigera; Desmophyllum dianthus; ocean acidification; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064189

Ocean acidification is thought to be a major threat to coral reefs: laboratory evidence and CO2 seep research has shown adverse effects on many coral species, although a few are resilient. There are concerns that cold-water corals are even more vulnerable as they live in areas where aragonite satura...