Coral reef calcifiers buffer their response to ocean acidification using both bicarbonate and carbonate

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Comeau, S., Carpenter, R. C., Edmunds, P. J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2013
• Subjects: Research Articles; Rus’; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574344; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23256193; https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2374

Central to evaluating the effects of ocean acidification (OA) on coral reefs is understanding how calcification is affected by the dissolution of CO2 in sea water, which causes declines in carbonate ion concentration [CO32−] and increases in bicarbonate ion concentration [HCO3−]. To address this top...