TY - JOUR
T1 - Detrimental effects of Ocean Acidification on the economically important Mediterranean red coral (Corallium rubrum)
AU - Bramanti, L.
AU - Movilla, J.
AU - Guron, M.
AU - Calvo, E.
AU - Gori, A.
AU - Dominguez-Carrió, C.
AU - Grinyó, J.
AU - Lopez-Sanz, A.
AU - Martinez-Quintana, A.
AU - Pelejero, C.
AU - Ziveri, P.
AU - Rossi, S.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The mean predicted decrease of 0.3-0.4 pH units in the global surface ocean by the end of the century has prompted urgent research to assess the potential effects of ocean acidification on the marine environment, with strong emphasis on calcifying organisms. Among them, the Mediterranean red coral (Corallium rubrum) is expected to be particularly susceptible to acidification effects, due to the elevated solubility of its Mg-calcite skeleton. This, together with the large overexploitation of this species, depicts a bleak future for this organism over the next decades. In this study, we evaluated the effects of low pH on the species from aquaria experiments. Several colonies of C. rubrum were long-term maintained for 314 days in aquaria at two different pH levels (8.10 and 7.81, pH
AB - The mean predicted decrease of 0.3-0.4 pH units in the global surface ocean by the end of the century has prompted urgent research to assess the potential effects of ocean acidification on the marine environment, with strong emphasis on calcifying organisms. Among them, the Mediterranean red coral (Corallium rubrum) is expected to be particularly susceptible to acidification effects, due to the elevated solubility of its Mg-calcite skeleton. This, together with the large overexploitation of this species, depicts a bleak future for this organism over the next decades. In this study, we evaluated the effects of low pH on the species from aquaria experiments. Several colonies of C. rubrum were long-term maintained for 314 days in aquaria at two different pH levels (8.10 and 7.81, pH
U2 - 10.1111/gcb.12171
DO - 10.1111/gcb.12171
M3 - Article
SN - 1354-1013
VL - 19
SP - 1897
EP - 1908
JO - Global Change Biology
JF - Global Change Biology
IS - 6
ER -