Benthic coral reef calcium carbonate dissolution in an acidifying ocean

BD Eyre, AJ Andersson, T Cyronak - Nature climate change, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in CaCO3 dissolution due to ocean acidification are potentially more
important than changes in calcification to the future accretion and survival of coral reef …

Bioerosion: the other ocean acidification problem

CHL Schönberg, JKH Fang… - ICES Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Bioerosion of calcium carbonate is the natural counterpart of biogenic calcification. Both are
affected by ocean acidification (OA). We summarize definitions and concepts in bioerosion …

Impacts of 1.5 C global warming on natural and human systems

O Hoegh Guldberg, D Jacob, M Taylor, M Bindi… - 2018 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
This Report responds to the invitation for IPCC?... to provide a Special Report in 2018 on the
impacts of global warming of 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels and related global …

[HTML][HTML] Coral reef ecosystems under climate change and ocean acidification

O Hoegh-Guldberg, ES Poloczanska… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Coral reefs are found in a wide range of environments, where they provide food and habitat
to a large range of organisms as well as other ecological goods and services. Warm-water …

Bioerosion and coral reef growth: a dynamic balance

PW Glynn, DP Manzello - Coral reefs in the Anthropocene, 2015 - Springer
Bioerosion, involving the weakening and breakdown of calcareous coral reef structures, is
due to the chemical and mechanical activities of numerous and diverse biotic agents. These …

Natural volcanic CO2 seeps reveal future trajectories for host–microbial associations in corals and sponges

KM Morrow, DG Bourne, C Humphrey… - The ISME …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are rapidly rising causing an increase in the partial
pressure of CO2 (p CO2) in the ocean and a reduction in pH known as ocean acidification …

Sponges to be winners under near-future climate scenarios

JJ Bell, HM Bennett, A Rovellini, NS Webster - Bioscience, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Sponges are functionally important components of global benthic environments and have
been proposed as potential winners under future climate scenarios. We review the evidence …

The indirect effects of ocean acidification on corals and coral communities

TS Hill, MO Hoogenboom - Coral Reefs, 2022 - Springer
Ocean acidification (OA) is a major threat to marine calcifying organisms. This manuscript
gives an overview of the physiological effects of acidification on reef-building corals from a …

Restoration and coral adaptation delay, but do not prevent, climate-driven reef framework erosion of an inshore site in the Florida Keys

AE Webb, IC Enochs, R van Hooidonk… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
For reef framework to persist, calcium carbonate production by corals and other calcifiers
needs to outpace loss due to physical, chemical, and biological erosion. This balance is …

Changing dynamics of Caribbean reef carbonate budgets: emergence of reef bioeroders as critical controls on present and future reef growth potential

CT Perry, GN Murphy, PS Kench… - … of the Royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Coral cover has declined rapidly on Caribbean reefs since the early 1980s, reducing
carbonate production and reef growth. Using a cross-regional dataset, we show that …