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Calcification response of reef corals to seasonal upwelling in the northern Arabian Sea (Masirah Island, Oman)
Philipp M. Spreter
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Institut für Geophysik und Geologie, Universität Leipzig, Talstraße 35, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Markus Reuter
Institut für Geographie und Geologie, Universität Greifswald, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Str. 17a, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
Regina Mertz-Kraus
Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Oliver Taylor
Five Oceans Environmental Services, Villa 1756, Way 3021, Shatti Al Qurm, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Thomas C. Brachert
Institut für Geophysik und Geologie, Universität Leipzig, Talstraße 35, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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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.
We investigate the calcification rate of reef corals from an upwelling zone, where low seawater...
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