Shift from coral to macroalgae dominance on a volcanically acidified reef

I. C. Enochs (), D. P. Manzello, E. M. Donham, G. Kolodziej, R. Okano, L. Johnston, C. Young, J. Iguel, C. B. Edwards, M. D. Fox, L. Valentino, S. Johnson, D. Benavente, S. J. Clark, R. Carlton, T. Burton, Y. Eynaud and N. N. Price
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I. C. Enochs: Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149, USA
D. P. Manzello: Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories (AOML), NOAA, 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149, USA
E. M. Donham: Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing Road Moss Landing, California 95039, USA
G. Kolodziej: Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149, USA
R. Okano: CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality, Gualo Rai Center Chalan Pale Arnold, Middle Road Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 96950, USA
L. Johnston: CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality, Gualo Rai Center Chalan Pale Arnold, Middle Road Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 96950, USA
C. Young: Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR), NOAA/University of Hawaii, 1000 Pope Road, Marine Science Building 312 Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
J. Iguel: CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality, Gualo Rai Center Chalan Pale Arnold, Middle Road Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 96950, USA
C. B. Edwards: Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, California 92093, USA
M. D. Fox: Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, California 92093, USA
L. Valentino: Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149, USA
S. Johnson: CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality, Gualo Rai Center Chalan Pale Arnold, Middle Road Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 96950, USA
D. Benavente: CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality, Gualo Rai Center Chalan Pale Arnold, Middle Road Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 96950, USA
S. J. Clark: Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR), NOAA/University of Hawaii, 1000 Pope Road, Marine Science Building 312 Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
R. Carlton: Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149, USA
T. Burton: Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149, USA
Y. Eynaud: Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, California 92093, USA
N. N. Price: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Drive East Boothbay, Maine 04544, USA

Nature Climate Change, 2015, vol. 5, issue 12, 1083-1088

Abstract: A shift from coral to macroalgae dominance of reef systems affected by volcanically acidified waters around Maug (Mariana Islands, North Pacific Ocean) increases fears that reef corals will be displaced by algae as a result of ocean acidification.

Date: 2015
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