Carbon dioxide addition to coral reef waters suppresses net community calcification

Rebecca Albright (), Yuichiro Takeshita, David A. Koweek, Aaron Ninokawa, Kennedy Wolfe, Tanya Rivlin, Yana Nebuchina, Jordan Young and Ken Caldeira
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Rebecca Albright: Carnegie Institution for Science
Yuichiro Takeshita: Carnegie Institution for Science
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
Yana Nebuchina: Carnegie Institution for Science
Jordan Young: UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab, Bodega Bay
Ken Caldeira: Carnegie Institution for Science

Nature, 2018, vol. 555, issue 7697, 516-519

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.

Date: 2018
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