Articles | Volume 14, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5377-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5377-2017
Research article
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01 Dec 2017
Research article |  | 01 Dec 2017

The short-term combined effects of temperature and organic matter enrichment on permeable coral reef carbonate sediment metabolism and dissolution

Coulson A. Lantz, Kai G. Schulz, Laura Stoltenberg, and Bradley D. Eyre

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This study examined the combined effect of seawater warming and organic matter enrichment on coral reef sediment metabolism. Sediments under control conditions were net autotrophic and net calcifying. Warming shifted the sediment to net heterotrophy and net dissolution, while organic matter enrichment increased net production and net calcification. When combined, the effects of each treatment were counterbalanced and sediment metabolism did not significantly differ from control treatments.
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