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Community and environmental influences on reef coral calcification
Author(s) -
Adey Walter H.,
Small Allegra M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.2000.45.7.1667
Subject(s) - reef , coral reef , alkalinity , ocean acidification , algae , calcification , coral , calcareous , carbon dioxide , bicarbonate , oceanography , effects of global warming on oceans , coralline algae , total inorganic carbon , nutrient , photosynthesis , environmental science , ecology , chemistry , biology , seawater , botany , geology , climate change , global warming , medicine , organic chemistry , pathology
Reef corals calcify faster in the presence of non‐calcareous algae. Ratios of calcification to photosynthesis appear to be affected by the ratio of alkalinity to acidity, which controls how efficiently the protons from calcification convert bicarbonate to carbon dioxide. By forcing calcifiers to calcify faster, algal proliferation on nutrient‐enriched reefs may adversely affect the reef‐builders.