Pore water conditions driving calcium carbonate dissolution in reef sands
Abstract: Due to decreases in seawater pH resulting from ocean acidification, permeable calcium carbonate reef sands are predicted to be net dissolving by 2050. However, the rate of dissolution and factors that control this rate remain poorly understood. Experiments performed in benthic chambers pre...
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ftunivantwerpen:c:irua:170187 2024-10-06T13:51:52+00:00 Pore water conditions driving calcium carbonate dissolution in reef sands Kessler, Adam J. Rogers, Angus Cyronak, Tyler Bourke, Michael F. Hasler-Sheetal, Harald Glud, Ronnie N. Greening, Chris Meysman, Filip Eyre, Bradley D. Cook, Perran L. M. 2020 https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1701870151162165141 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/J.GCA.2020.04.001 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/isi/000538825100001 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess 0016-7037 Geochimica et cosmochimica acta Physics Chemistry info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftunivantwerpen https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GCA.2020.04.001 2024-09-10T04:06:35Z Abstract: Due to decreases in seawater pH resulting from ocean acidification, permeable calcium carbonate reef sands are predicted to be net dissolving by 2050. However, the rate of dissolution and factors that control this rate remain poorly understood. Experiments performed in benthic chambers predict that reefs will become net dissolving when the aragonite saturation state (Oa) in sea water falls below similar to 3, as underlying reef sediments start net dissolution due to lower saturation states in the pore water. We used flow-through reactors to investigate the rate of dissolution at various Omega(a) at the pore scale. The sediment became net dissolving at Omega(a) = 1.68-2.25, which is significantly greater than 1. This indicates that the bulk pore water does not represent conditions at the site of dissolution, and dissolution probably occurs in microniches inside porous sand grains. Measured dissolution rates were much higher under oxic conditions than anoxic conditions, but were not affected by the addition of carbonic anhydrase. Analysis of delta C-13-CO2 produced in the flow-through reactors revealed a bias in the conventional alkalinity anomaly method under anoxic conditions, showing that some of the CO2 attributed to metabolism by may actually be derived from carbonate dissolution. This deviation likely originates from alkalinity consumption by fermentation, which masks the alkalinity generated by dissolution. Therefore, dissolution rates determined by alkalinity changes in reef sands with anaerobic metabolisms may underestimate actual values. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification IRUA - Institutional Repository van de Universiteit Antwerpen Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 279 16 28 |
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Abstract: Due to decreases in seawater pH resulting from ocean acidification, permeable calcium carbonate reef sands are predicted to be net dissolving by 2050. However, the rate of dissolution and factors that control this rate remain poorly understood. Experiments performed in benthic chambers predict that reefs will become net dissolving when the aragonite saturation state (Oa) in sea water falls below similar to 3, as underlying reef sediments start net dissolution due to lower saturation states in the pore water. We used flow-through reactors to investigate the rate of dissolution at various Omega(a) at the pore scale. The sediment became net dissolving at Omega(a) = 1.68-2.25, which is significantly greater than 1. This indicates that the bulk pore water does not represent conditions at the site of dissolution, and dissolution probably occurs in microniches inside porous sand grains. Measured dissolution rates were much higher under oxic conditions than anoxic conditions, but were not affected by the addition of carbonic anhydrase. Analysis of delta C-13-CO2 produced in the flow-through reactors revealed a bias in the conventional alkalinity anomaly method under anoxic conditions, showing that some of the CO2 attributed to metabolism by may actually be derived from carbonate dissolution. This deviation likely originates from alkalinity consumption by fermentation, which masks the alkalinity generated by dissolution. Therefore, dissolution rates determined by alkalinity changes in reef sands with anaerobic metabolisms may underestimate actual values. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Kessler, Adam J. Rogers, Angus Cyronak, Tyler Bourke, Michael F. Hasler-Sheetal, Harald Glud, Ronnie N. Greening, Chris Meysman, Filip Eyre, Bradley D. Cook, Perran L. M. |
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Kessler, Adam J. Rogers, Angus Cyronak, Tyler Bourke, Michael F. Hasler-Sheetal, Harald Glud, Ronnie N. Greening, Chris Meysman, Filip Eyre, Bradley D. Cook, Perran L. M. |
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Pore water conditions driving calcium carbonate dissolution in reef sands |
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Pore water conditions driving calcium carbonate dissolution in reef sands |
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Pore water conditions driving calcium carbonate dissolution in reef sands |
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Pore water conditions driving calcium carbonate dissolution in reef sands |
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