Environmental records from coral skeletons: A decade of novel insights and innovation

DM Thompson - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hundreds of coral paleoclimate records have been developed over the past several
decades, significantly extending the instrumental record and improving our understanding of …

The biology and evolution of calcite and aragonite mineralization in Octocorallia

N Conci, S Vargas, G Wörheide - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Octocorallia (class Anthozoa, phylum Cnidaria) is a group of calcifying corals displaying a
wide diversity of mineral skeletons. This includes skeletal structures composed of different …

Thresholds and drivers of coral calcification responses to climate change

NA Kornder, BM Riegl, J Figueiredo - Global change biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Increased temperature and CO 2 levels are considered key drivers of coral reef degradation.
However, individual assessments of ecological responses (calcification) to these stressors …

Full in vivo characterization of carbonate chemistry at the site of calcification in corals

DS Sevilgen, AA Venn, MY Hu, E Tambutté… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Reef-building corals form their calcium carbonate skeletons within an extracellular calcifying
medium (ECM). Despite the critical role of the ECM in coral calcification, ECM carbonate …

Resistance of corals and coralline algae to ocean acidification: physiological control of calcification under natural pH variability

CE Cornwall, S Comeau… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ocean acidification is a threat to the continued accretion of coral reefs, though some
undergo daily fluctuations in pH exceeding declines predicted by 2100. We test whether …

Resistance to ocean acidification in coral reef taxa is not gained by acclimatization

S Comeau, CE Cornwall, TM DeCarlo, SS Doo… - Nature Climate …, 2019 - nature.com
Ocean acidification (OA) is a major threat to coral reefs, which are built by calcareous
species. However, long-term assessments of the impacts of OA are scarce, limiting the …

Coral resistance to ocean acidification linked to increased calcium at the site of calcification

TM DeCarlo, S Comeau… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ocean acidification threatens the persistence of biogenic calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
production on coral reefs. However, some coral genera show resistance to declines in …

Calcification in the coralline red algae: a synthesis

SJ McCoy, CM Pueschel, CE Cornwall, S Comeau… - …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A descriptive model of calcification in the coralline red algae is integral to
understanding their contributions to marine geochemistry, the responses of seascapes to …

Similar controls on calcification under ocean acidification across unrelated coral reef taxa

S Comeau, CE Cornwall, TM DeCarlo… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean acidification (OA) is a major threat to marine ecosystems, particularly coral reefs
which are heavily reliant on calcareous species. OA decreases seawater pH and calcium …

Tolerance of coralline algae to ocean warming and marine heatwaves

EC Krieger, A Taise, WA Nelson, J Grand, E Le Ru… - PloS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Ocean warming (OW) and marine heatwaves (MHWs) rapidly transform marine ecosystems,
especially when they impact keystone or foundation species. Foundation species such as …