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...
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ftunibolognairis:oai:cris.unibo.it:11585/522691 2024-04-14T08:17:35+00:00 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 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 STAMPA http://hdl.handle.net/11585/522691 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8785 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms8785 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/26183259 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000358859800012 volume:6 firstpage:1 lastpage:7 numberofpages:7 journal:NATURE COMMUNICATIONS info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/249930 http://hdl.handle.net/11585/522691 doi:10.1038/ncomms8785 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84937458403 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms8785 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Global warming ocean warming ocean acidification coral skeletal porosity corals acclimation Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2015 ftunibolognairis https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8785 2024-03-21T17:53:11Z 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 micrometers) 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification IRIS Università degli Studi di Bologna (CRIS - Current Research Information System) Nature Communications 6 1 |
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Global warming ocean warming ocean acidification coral skeletal porosity corals acclimation Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry 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 |
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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 micrometers) 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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
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Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
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Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
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Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
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Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
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gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation |
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