Daily variation in net primary production and net calcification in coral reef communities exposed to elevated pCO2
The threat represented by ocean acidification (OA) for coral reefs has received considerable attention because of the sensitivity of calcifiers to changing seawater carbonate chemistry. However, most studies have focused on the organismic response of calcification to OA, and only a few have addresse...
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ftsoutherncu:oai:epubs.scu.edu.au:esm_pubs-4382 2023-05-15T17:51:38+02:00 Daily variation in net primary production and net calcification in coral reef communities exposed to elevated pCO2 Comeau, Steeve Edmunds, Peter J Lantz, Coulson A Carpenter, Robert C 2017-01-01T08:00:00Z https://epubs.scu.edu.au/esm_pubs/3354 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3549-2017 unknown ePublications@SCU School of Environment, Science and Engineering Papers Environmental Sciences article 2017 ftsoutherncu https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3549-2017 2019-08-06T13:11:44Z The threat represented by ocean acidification (OA) for coral reefs has received considerable attention because of the sensitivity of calcifiers to changing seawater carbonate chemistry. However, most studies have focused on the organismic response of calcification to OA, and only a few have addressed community-level effects, or investigated parameters other than calcification, such as photosynthesis. Light (photosynthetically active radiation, PAR) is a driver of biological processes on coral reefs, and the possibility that these processes might be perturbed by OA has important implications for community function. Here we investigate how CO2 enrichment affects the relationships between PAR and community net O2 production (Pnet), and between PAR and community net calcification (Gnet), using experiments on three coral communities constructed to match (i) the back reef of Mo'orea, French Polynesia, (ii) the fore reef of Mo'orea, and (iii) the back reef of O'ahu, Hawaii. The results were used to test the hypothesis that OA affects the relationship between Pnet and Gnet. For the three communities tested, pCO2 did not affect the Pnet–PAR relationship, but it affected the intercept of the hyperbolic tangent curve fitting the Gnet–PAR relationship for both reef communities in Mo'orea (but not in O'ahu). For the three communities, the slopes of the linear relationships between Pnet and Gnet were not affected by OA, although the intercepts were depressed by the inhibitory effect of high pCO2 on Gnet. Our result indicates that OA can modify the balance between net calcification and net photosynthesis of reef communities by depressing community calcification, but without affecting community photosynthesis. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Southern Cross University: epublications@SCU Biogeosciences 14 14 3549 3560 |
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Environmental Sciences Comeau, Steeve Edmunds, Peter J Lantz, Coulson A Carpenter, Robert C Daily variation in net primary production and net calcification in coral reef communities exposed to elevated pCO2 |
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The threat represented by ocean acidification (OA) for coral reefs has received considerable attention because of the sensitivity of calcifiers to changing seawater carbonate chemistry. However, most studies have focused on the organismic response of calcification to OA, and only a few have addressed community-level effects, or investigated parameters other than calcification, such as photosynthesis. Light (photosynthetically active radiation, PAR) is a driver of biological processes on coral reefs, and the possibility that these processes might be perturbed by OA has important implications for community function. Here we investigate how CO2 enrichment affects the relationships between PAR and community net O2 production (Pnet), and between PAR and community net calcification (Gnet), using experiments on three coral communities constructed to match (i) the back reef of Mo'orea, French Polynesia, (ii) the fore reef of Mo'orea, and (iii) the back reef of O'ahu, Hawaii. The results were used to test the hypothesis that OA affects the relationship between Pnet and Gnet. For the three communities tested, pCO2 did not affect the Pnet–PAR relationship, but it affected the intercept of the hyperbolic tangent curve fitting the Gnet–PAR relationship for both reef communities in Mo'orea (but not in O'ahu). For the three communities, the slopes of the linear relationships between Pnet and Gnet were not affected by OA, although the intercepts were depressed by the inhibitory effect of high pCO2 on Gnet. Our result indicates that OA can modify the balance between net calcification and net photosynthesis of reef communities by depressing community calcification, but without affecting community photosynthesis. |
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Comeau, Steeve Edmunds, Peter J Lantz, Coulson A Carpenter, Robert C |
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Comeau, Steeve Edmunds, Peter J Lantz, Coulson A Carpenter, Robert C |
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Daily variation in net primary production and net calcification in coral reef communities exposed to elevated pCO2 |
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Daily variation in net primary production and net calcification in coral reef communities exposed to elevated pCO2 |
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Daily variation in net primary production and net calcification in coral reef communities exposed to elevated pCO2 |
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Daily variation in net primary production and net calcification in coral reef communities exposed to elevated pCO2 |
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Daily variation in net primary production and net calcification in coral reef communities exposed to elevated pCO2 |
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daily variation in net primary production and net calcification in coral reef communities exposed to elevated pco2 |
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