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Understanding feedbacks between ocean acidification and coral reef metabolism
Author(s) -
Takeshita Yuichiro
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: oceans
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2169-9291
pISSN - 2169-9275
DOI - 10.1002/2017jc012740
Subject(s) - coral reef , atoll , benthic zone , oceanography , reef , biogeochemical cycle , ocean acidification , resilience of coral reefs , environmental science , coral , environmental issues with coral reefs , biogeochemistry , ecology , climate change , biology , geology
Abstract Biogeochemical feedbacks from benthic metabolism have been hypothesized as a potential mechanism to buffer some effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs. The article in JGR‐Oceans by DeCarlo et al. demonstrates the importance of benthic community health on this feedback from Dongsha Atoll in the South China Sea.