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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
卷 302, 期 2, 页码 249-260出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2003.10.015
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density; extension rate; calcification rate; stretching; Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean; proxy environmental records
Relationships were analyzed between sea surface temperature (SST) and annual growth characteristics (density, extension rate and calcification rate) of the Caribbean reef-building coral Montastraea annularis. Colonies were collected from 12 localities in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Two well-separated relationships were found, one for the Gulf of Mexico and the other for the Caribbean Sea. Calcification rate and skeletal density increased with increasing SST in both regions, while extension rate tended to decrease. Calcification rate increased similar to 0.57 g cm(-2) year(-1) for each 1 degreesC increase in SST. Zero calcification was projected to occur at 23.7 degreesC in corals from the Gulf of Mexico and at 25.5 degreesC in corals from the Caribbean Sea. The 24 degreesC annual average SST isotherm marks the northern limit of distribution of M. annularis. Montastraea annularis populations of the Gulf of Mexico are isolated from those of the Caribbean Sea, and results indicate that corals from the Gulf of Mexico are adapted to growth at lower minimum and average annual SST. Corals from both the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, growing at lower SSTs and having lower calcification rates, extend their skeletons the same or more than those growing at higher SSTs. They achieve this by putting more of their calcification resources into extension and less into thickening, i.e., by sacrificing density. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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