In Situ Growth and Bioerosion Rates of Lophelia pertusa in a Norwegian Fjord and Open Shelf Cold-water Coral Habitat

• Main Authors: Büscher, Janina, Wisshak, Max, Form, Armin, Titschack, Jürgen, Nachtigall, Kerstin, Riebesell, Ulf
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2019
• Subjects: BIOACID; Bioerosion; Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification; cold-water corals; growth; in situ study; Lophelia pertusa; North Atlantic; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.903093; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.903093

Coral reef resilience depends on the balance between carbonate precipitation, leading to reef growth, and carbonate degradation, e.g. through bioerosion. Changes in environmental conditions are likely to affect the two processes differently, thereby shifting the balance between reef growth and degra...