期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 409, 期 6, 页码 1082-1086出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.12.007
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Carbon dioxide; Great Barrier Reef; Carbonate sediments; High-Mg calcite; Ocean acidification
资金
- Department of Earth and Marine Sciences (now the Research School of Earth Sciences) of the Australian National University
It is predicted that surface ocean pH will reach 7.9, possibly 7.8 by the end of this century due to increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and in the surface ocean. While aragonite-rich sediments don't begin to dissolve until a threshold pH of similar to 7.8 is reached, dissolution from high-Mg calcites is evident with any drop in pH. Indeed, it is high-Mg calcite that dominates the reaction of carbonate sediments with increased CO2. which undergoes a rapid neomorphism process to a more stable, low-Mg calcite. This has major implications for the future of the high-Mg calcite producing organisms within coral reef ecosystems. In order to understand any potential buffering system offered by the dissolution of carbonate sediments under a lower oceanic pH, this process of high-Mg calcite dissolution in the reef environment must be further elucidated. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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