Articles | Volume 19, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-3559-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-3559-2022
Research article
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03 Aug 2022
Research article |  | 03 Aug 2022

Calcification response of reef corals to seasonal upwelling in the northern Arabian Sea (Masirah Island, Oman)

Philipp M. Spreter, Markus Reuter, Regina Mertz-Kraus, Oliver Taylor, and Thomas C. Brachert

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • CC1: 'Comment on bg-2021-213', Dieter Garbe-Schönberg, 07 Sep 2021
    • CC2: 'Reply on CC1', Philipp Spreter, 08 Sep 2021
  • RC1: 'Comment on bg-2021-213', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Sep 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Philipp Spreter, 16 Sep 2021
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC1', Philipp Spreter, 25 Nov 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on bg-2021-213', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Oct 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Philipp Spreter, 25 Nov 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (22 Dec 2021) by Tyler Cyronak
AR by Philipp Spreter on behalf of the Authors (19 Jan 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (25 Jan 2022) by Tyler Cyronak
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (10 May 2022)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (20 May 2022) by Tyler Cyronak
AR by Philipp Spreter on behalf of the Authors (03 Jun 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (08 Jul 2022) by Tyler Cyronak
AR by Philipp Spreter on behalf of the Authors (13 Jul 2022)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
We investigate the calcification rate of reef corals from an upwelling zone, where low seawater pH and high nutrient concentrations represent a recent analogue for the future ocean. Calcification rate of the corals largely relies on extension growth. Variable responses of extension growth to nutrients either compensate or exacerbate negative effects of weak skeletal thickening associated with low seawater pH – a mechanism that is critical for the persistence of coral reefs under global change.
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