Elevated heterotrophic capacity as a strategy for Mediterranean corals to cope with low pH at CO2 vents
Ann Marie Hulver,
Chloé Carbonne,
Nuria Teixidó
et al.
Abstract:The global increase in anthropogenic CO2 is leading to ocean warming and acidification, which is threatening corals. In Ischia, Italy, two species of Mediterranean scleractinian corals–the symbiotic Cladocora caespitosa and the asymbiotic Astroides calycularis–were collected from ambient pH sites (average pHT = 8.05) and adjacent CO2 vent sites (average pHT = 7.8) to evaluate their response to ocean acidification. Coral colonies from both sites were reared in a laboratory setting for six months at present day … Show more
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