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Shift from coral to macroalgae dominance on a volcanically acidified reef

Rising anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere is accompanied by an increase in oceanic CO2 and a concomitant decline in seawater pH (ref. 1). This phenomenon, known as ocean acidification (OA), has been experimentally shown to impact the biology and ecology of numerous animals and plants2, most notably those that precipitate calcium carbonate skeletons, such as reef-building corals3. Volcanically acidified water at Maug, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is equivalent to near-future predictions for what coral reef ecosystems will experience worldwide due to OA. We provide the first chemical and ecological assessment of this unique site and show that acidification-related stress significantly influences the abundance and diversity of coral reef taxa, leading to the often-predicted shift from a coral to an algae-dominated state4, 5. This study provides field evidence that acidification can lead to macroalgae dominance on reefs.

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Enochs, I C, Manzello, Derek P, Donham, E M, Kolodziej, Graham, Okano, R, Johnston, Lyza, Young, Craig S, Iguel, John, Edwards, C B, Fox, M D, Valentino, L, Johnson, Steven, Benavente, D, Clark, S J, Carlton, R, Burton, T, Eynaud, Y, Price, Nichole N (2015). Dataset: Shift from coral to macroalgae dominance on a volcanically acidified reef. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.867324

DOI retrieved: 2015

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Imported on November 30, 2024
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License CC-BY-3.0
Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.867324
Author Enochs, I C
Given Name I C
Family Name Enochs
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Manzello, Derek P
Donham, E M
Kolodziej, Graham
Okano, R
Johnston, Lyza
Young, Craig S
Iguel, John
Edwards, C B
Fox, M D
Valentino, L
Johnson, Steven
Benavente, D
Clark, S J
Carlton, R
Burton, T
Eynaud, Y
Price, Nichole N
Source Creation 2015
Publication Year 2015
Resource Type text/tab-separated-values - filename: Enochs_2016
Subject Areas
Name: Atmosphere

Name: Chemistry

Name: Ecology

Related Identifiers
Title: Shift from coral to macroalgae dominance on a volcanically acidified reef
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2758
Type: DOI
Relation: IsSupplementTo
Year: 2015
Source: Nature Climate Change
Authors: Enochs I C , Manzello Derek P , Donham E M , Kolodziej Graham , Okano R , Johnston Lyza , Young Craig S , Iguel John , Edwards C B , Fox M D , Valentino L , Johnson Steven , Benavente D , Clark S J , Carlton R , Burton T , Eynaud Y , Price Nichole N .

Title: Bottom water temperature, salinity, pH, benthic cover, dissolved inorganic carbon and other data collected from NOAA Ship HI'IALAKAI and other in Northern Marianna Islands from 2014-05-17 to 2014-08-13 (NCEI Accession 0138649). Version 1.1
Identifier: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0138649
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2016
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Authors: Enochs I C , Manzello Derek P , Donham E M , Kolodziej Graham , Okano R , Johnston Lyza , Young Craig S , Iguel John , Edwards C B , Fox M D , Valentino L , Johnson Steven , Benavente D , Clark S J , Carlton R , Burton T , Eynaud Y , Price Nichole N , Gattuso Jean-Pierre , Epitalon Jean-Marie , Lavigne Héloïse .

Title: seacarb: seawater carbonate chemistry with R. R package version 3.0.8
Identifier: https://cran.r-project.org/package=seacarb
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2015
Authors: Enochs I C , Manzello Derek P , Donham E M , Kolodziej Graham , Okano R , Johnston Lyza , Young Craig S , Iguel John , Edwards C B , Fox M D , Valentino L , Johnson Steven , Benavente D , Clark S J , Carlton R , Burton T , Eynaud Y , Price Nichole N , Gattuso Jean-Pierre , Epitalon Jean-Marie , Lavigne Héloïse .