Calcification is not the Achilles' heel of cold-water corals in an acidifying ocean

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Rodolfo Metalpa, R., Montagna, P., Aliani, S., Borghini, M., Canese, S., Hall Spencer, J., Foggo, A., Taviani, M., Houlbrèque, F., MILAZZO, Marco
• Other Authors: Rodolfo-Metalpa, R., Hall-Spencer, J., Milazzo, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2015
• Subjects: Caryophyllia smithii; Dendrophyllia cornigera; Desmophyllum dianthu; Calcification and dissolution; Cold-water coral; Ocean acidification; Ecology; Global Change; 2300; Environmental Chemistry; Settore BIO/07 - Ecologia; Achilles Heel
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/151767; https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12867

Ocean acidification is thought to be a major threat to coral reefs: laboratory evidence and CO 2 seep research has shown adverse effects on many coral species, although a few are resilient. There are concerns that cold-water corals are even more vulnerable as they live in areas where aragonite satur...