Differences in carbonate chemistry up-regulation of long-lived reef-building corals.

ABSTRACT: With climate projections questioning the future survival of stony corals and their dominance as tropical reef builders, it is critical to understand the adaptive capacity of corals to ongoing climate change. Biological mediation of the carbonate chemistry of the coral calcifying fluid is a fundamental component for assessing the response of corals to global threats. The Tara Pacific expedition (2016-2018) provided an opportunity to investigate calcification patterns in extant corals throughout the Pacific Ocean. Cores from colonies of the massive Porites and Diploastrea genera were collected from different environments to assess calcification parameters of long-lived reef-building corals. At the basin scale of the Pacific Ocean, we show that both genera systematically up-regulate their cal

SUBMITTER: Canesi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10353996 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature