Coral reef carbonate budgets and ecological drivers in the central Red Sea – a naturally high temperature and high total alkalinity environment

Roik, Anna; Röthig, Till; Pogoreutz, Claudia; Saderne, Vincent; Voolstra, Christian R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6277-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 20

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6277-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6277-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 20

Research article

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26 Oct 2018

Research article |

| 26 Oct 2018

Coral reef carbonate budgets and ecological drivers in the central Red Sea – a naturally high temperature and high total alkalinity environment

Anna Roik, Till Röthig, Claudia Pogoreutz, Vincent Saderne, and Christian R. Voolstra

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RC1: 'Review Roik et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'bg-2018-57 - Author response to Reviewers comments', Christian Voolstra, 13 May 2018
RC2: 'Review Roik et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Apr 2018
- AC2: 'bg-2018-57 - Author response to Reviewers comments', Christian Voolstra, 13 May 2018
RC3: 'Referee Comments', Anonymous Referee #3, 19 Apr 2018
- AC3: 'bg-2018-57 - Author response to Reviewers comments', Christian Voolstra, 13 May 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (13 May 2018) by Jean-Pierre Gattuso

AR by Christian Voolstra on behalf of the Authors (10 Aug 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Aug 2018) by Jean-Pierre Gattuso

RR by Steeve Comeau (30 Aug 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (01 Sep 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (01 Sep 2018) by Jean-Pierre Gattuso

AR by Christian Voolstra on behalf of the Authors (16 Sep 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (28 Sep 2018) by Jean-Pierre Gattuso

AR by Christian Voolstra on behalf of the Authors (01 Oct 2018) Manuscript

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In this study we collected in situ accretion/erosion rates and abiotic/biotic variables to estimate carbonate budgets and ecological drivers of coral reef growth in the central Red Sea. Our data suggest that reef growth is comparable to estimates of other regions, but the erosive forces in the Red Sea are not as pronounced. Comparison with recent data suggests that Red Sea reef growth might not have decreased over the past decades, despite warming, calling for more detailed investigations.