Seasonal high and low density bands in reef coral skeletons

Nature ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 255 (5511) ◽  
pp. 697-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
JON N. WEBER ◽  
PETER DEINES ◽  
EUGENE W. WHITE ◽  
PATRICIA H. WEBER
Keyword(s):  
Reef Coral ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Coral Skeletons

Separation of kinetic and metabolic isotope effects in carbon-13 records preserved in reef coral skeletons

2000 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 975-987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey M. Heikoop ◽  
Jennifer J. Dunn ◽  
Michael J. Risk ◽  
Henry P. Schwarcz ◽  
Ted A. McConnaughey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Effects ◽  
Reef Coral ◽  
Coral Skeletons

scholarly journals Effects of ocean acidification on the dissolution rates of reef-coral skeletons

PeerJ ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. e208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert van Woesik ◽  
Kelly van Woesik ◽  
Liana van Woesik ◽  
Sandra van Woesik
Keyword(s):  
Ocean Acidification ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Average Rate ◽  
Reef Coral ◽  
Reef Growth ◽  
Dissolution Rates ◽  
Coral Skeletons ◽  
Surface Areas ◽  
Coral Colony

Ocean acidification threatens the foundation of tropical coral reefs. This study investigated three aspects of ocean acidification: (i) the rates at which perforate and imperforate coral-colony skeletons passively dissolve when pH is 7.8, which is predicted to occur globally by 2100, (ii) the rates of passive dissolution of corals with respect to coral-colony surface areas, and (iii) the comparative rates of a vertical reef-growth model, incorporating passive dissolution rates, and predicted sea-level rise. By 2100, when the ocean pH is expected to be 7.8, perforateMontiporacoral skeletons will lose on average 15 kg CaCO3m−2y−1, which is approximately −10.5 mm of vertical reduction of reef framework per year. This rate of passive dissolution is higher than the average rate of reef growth over the last several millennia and suggests that reefs composed of perforateMontiporacoral skeletons will have trouble keeping up with sea-level rise under ocean acidification. Reefs composed of primarily imperforate coral skeletons will not likely dissolve as rapidly, but our model shows they will also have trouble keeping up with sea-level rise by 2050.

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