Global declines in coral reef calcium carbonate production under ocean acidification and warming.

ABSTRACT: Ocean warming and acidification threaten the future growth of coral reefs. This is because the calcifying coral reef taxa that construct the calcium carbonate frameworks and cement the reef together are highly sensitive to ocean warming and acidification. However, the global-scale effects of ocean warming and acidification on rates of coral reef net carbonate production remain poorly constrained despite a wealth of studies assessing their effects on the calcification of individual organisms. Here, we present global estimates of projected future changes in coral reef net carbonate production under ocean warming and acidification. We apply a meta-analysis of responses of coral reef taxa calcification and bioerosion rates to predicted changes in coral cover driven by climate change to estimat

SUBMITTER: Cornwall CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8166140 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature