Living coral tissue slows skeletal dissolution related to ocean acidification

• Published in: Nature Ecology & Evolution
• Main Authors: Kline, David I., Teneva, Lida, Okamoto, Daniel K., Schneider, Kenneth, Caldeira, Ken, Miard, Thomas, Chai, Aaron, Marker, Malcolm, Dunbar, Robert B., Mitchell, B. Greg, Dove, Sophie, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019
• Subjects: Co2 Enrichment; Reefs; Calcification; Impacts; Rates; 1105 Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; 2303 Ecology; Heron Island; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:84ce907

Climate change is causing major changes to marine ecosystems globally, with ocean acidification of particular concern for coral reefs. Using a 200 d in situ carbon dioxide enrichment study on Heron Island, Australia, we simulated future ocean acidification conditions, and found reduced pH led to a d...