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Carbon dioxide addition to coral reef waters suppresses net community calcification

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  • Rebecca Albright

    (Carnegie Institution for Science
    California Academy of Sciences)

  • Yuichiro Takeshita

    (Carnegie Institution for Science
    Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

  • David A. Koweek

    (Carnegie Institution for Science)

  • Aaron Ninokawa

    (UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab, Bodega Bay)

  • Kennedy Wolfe

    (School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney)

  • Tanya Rivlin

    (The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences, The H. Steinitz Marine Biology Laboratory, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    The Fredy and Nadine Herrman Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus)

  • Yana Nebuchina

    (Carnegie Institution for Science)

  • Jordan Young

    (UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab, Bodega Bay)

  • Ken Caldeira

    (Carnegie Institution for Science)

Abstract

In situ carbon dioxide enrichment experiments show that ocean acidification poses a threat to coral reefs by reducing the saturation state of aragonite and the concentration of carbonate ions and that this impairs community calcification.

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  • Rebecca Albright & Yuichiro Takeshita & David A. Koweek & Aaron Ninokawa & Kennedy Wolfe & Tanya Rivlin & Yana Nebuchina & Jordan Young & Ken Caldeira, 2018. "Carbon dioxide addition to coral reef waters suppresses net community calcification," Nature, Nature, vol. 555(7697), pages 516-519, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:555:y:2018:i:7697:d:10.1038_nature25968
    DOI: 10.1038/nature25968
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