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 …

Ocean acidification in the Gulf of Mexico: Drivers, impacts, and unknowns

E Osborne, X Hu, ER Hall, K Yates… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ocean acidification (OA) has resulted in global-scale changes in ocean chemistry, which
can disturb marine organisms and ecosystems. Despite its extensively populated coastline …

Distinct fine-scale variations in calcification control revealed by high-resolution 2D boron laser images in the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa

J Fietzke, M Wall - Science advances, 2022 - science.org
Coral calcification is a complex biologically controlled process of hard skeleton formation,
and it is influenced by environmental conditions. The chemical composition of coral …

pH variability at volcanic CO2 seeps regulates coral calcifying fluid chemistry

S Comeau, CE Cornwall, T Shlesinger… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs are iconic ecosystems with immense ecological, economic and cultural value,
but globally their carbonate‐based skeletal construction is threatened by ocean acidification …

Surface pH record (1990–2013) of the Arabian Sea from boron isotopes of Lakshadweep corals—trend, variability, and control

M Tarique, W Rahaman, AA Fousiya… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric CO2 rise in post‐industrial era has resulted in decline in surface ocean pH,
commonly known as “ocean acidification (OA),” which has become a threat to marine …

Potassium incorporation and isotope fractionation in cultured scleractinian corals

W Li, XM Liu, K Wang, Y Hu, A Suzuki… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Potassium (K) participates in coral biological activities and accumulates in their skeletons,
driving the fractionation of stable K isotopes (41 K/39 K). Constraining the influences of biotic …

Porites' coral calcifying fluid chemistry regulation under normal-and low-pH seawater conditions in Palau Archipelago: Impacts on growth properties

M Canesi, É Douville, L Bordier, A Dapoigny… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ongoing ocean acidification is known to be a major threat to tropical coral reefs. To date,
only few studies have evaluated the impacts of natural long-term exposure to low-pH …

The role of pH up-regulation in response to nutrient-enriched, low-pH groundwater discharge

NG Prouty, M Wall, J Fietzke, OM Cheriton… - Marine Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Coral reefs and their ecosystems are threatened by both global stressors, including
increasing sea-surface temperatures and ocean acidification (OA), and local stressors such …

Marginal reefs under stress: Physiological limits render Galápagos corals susceptible to ocean acidification and thermal stress

D Thompson, M McCulloch, JE Cole, EV Reed… - AGU …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean acidification (OA) and thermal stress may undermine corals' ability to calcify and
support diverse reef communities, particularly in marginal environments. Coral calcification …

Skeletal Growth Response of Porites Coral to Long‐Term Ocean Warming and Acidification in the South China Sea

H Kang, X Chen, W Deng, X Wang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying the response of corals to anthropogenic ocean warming and acidification remains
challenging, but is critical to understanding coral resilience in a changing world. Here, we …