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GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
卷 18, 期 3, 页码 843-853出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02583.x
关键词
acclimation; calcification; climate change; CO2; cold-water corals; long-term experiments; Lophelia pertusa; ocean acidification; short-term experiments
资金
- Institute of Marine Research, Norway
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA)
- German coordinated project Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification (BIOACID)
Ocean acidity has increased by 30% since preindustrial times due to the uptake of anthropogenic CO2 and is projected to rise by another 120% before 2100 if CO2 emissions continue at current rates. Ocean acidification is expected to have wide-ranging impacts on marine life, including reduced growth and net erosion of coral reefs. Our present understanding of the impacts of ocean acidification on marine life, however, relies heavily on results from short-term CO2 perturbation studies. Here, we present results from the first long-term CO2 perturbation study on the dominant reef-building cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa and relate them to results from a short-term study to compare the effect of exposure time on the coral's responses. Short-term (1 similar to week) high CO2 exposure resulted in a decline of calcification by 2629% for a pH decrease of 0.1 similar to units and net dissolution of calcium carbonate. In contrast, L. pertusa was capable to acclimate to acidified conditions in long-term (6 similar to months) incubations, leading to even slightly enhanced rates of calcification. Net growth is sustained even in waters sub-saturated with respect to aragonite. Acclimation to seawater acidification did not cause a measurable increase in metabolic rates. This is the first evidence of successful acclimation in a coral species to ocean acidification, emphasizing the general need for long-term incubations in ocean acidification research. To conclude on the sensitivity of cold-water coral reefs to future ocean acidification further ecophysiological studies are necessary which should also encompass the role of food availability and rising temperatures.
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