Dolomite-rich coralline algae in reefs resist dissolution in acidified conditions

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 268-272

  Nash, M C ^a   Opdyke, B N ^a   Troitzsch, U ^a   Russell, B D ^b   Adey, W H ^c   Kato, A ^d   Diaz Pulido, G ^e   Brent, C ^a   Gardner, M ^a   Prichard, J ^a   Kline, D I ^f,g  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CORAL REEF; CORALLINE ALGA; DISSOLUTION; DOLOMITE; SURVIVAL; WAVE POWER;

EID: 84874639705     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1760     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Littler, M. M. & Doty, M. S. Ecological components structuring seaward edges of Tropical Pacific reefs: Distribution, communities and productivity of Porolithon. J. Ecol. 63, 117-129 (1975)
2. Adey, W. H. & Macintyre, I. G. Crustose coralline algae: A re-evaluation in the geological sciences. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 84, 883-904 (1973)
3. Bischoff, W. D., Bishop, F. C. & Mackenzie, F. T. Biogenically produced magnesian calcite: In homogeneities in chemical and physical properties; comparison with synthetic phases. Am. Mineral. 68, 1183 (1983)
4. Nash, M. C. et al. First discovery of dolomite and magnesite in living coralline algae and its geobiological implications. Biogeosciences 8, 3331-3340 (2011)
5. Wilkinson, B. W. & Given, R. K. Secular variation in abiotic marine carbonates: Constraints on phanerozoic atmospheric carbon dioxide contents and oceanic Mg/Ca ratios. J. Geol. 94, 321-333 (1986)
6. Rees, S. A., Opdyke, B. N., Wilson, P. A. & Fifield, L. K. Coral reef sedimentation on Rodrigues and the Western Indian Ocean and its impact on the carbon cycle. Phil. Tran. R. Soc. A 363, 101-120 (2005)
7. Adey, W. H. Review: Coral reefs: Algal structured and mediated ecosystems in shallow, turbulent, alkaline waters. J. Phycol. 34, 393-406 (1998)
8. Chave, K. E. Aspects of the biogeochemistry of magnesium 1. Calcareous marine organisms. J. Geol. 62, 266-283 (1954)
9. Milliman, J. D., Gastner, M. & Muller, J. Utilization of magnesium in coralline algae. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 82, 573-580 (1971)
10. Plummer, L. N. & Mackenzie, F. T. Predicting mineral solubility from rate data: Application to the dissolution of magnesian calcites. Am. J. Sci. 274, 61-83 (1974)
11. Bischoff, W. D., Mackenzie, F. T. & Bishop, F. C. Stabilities of synthetic magnesian calcites in aqueous solution: Comparison with biogenic materials. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 51, 1413-1423 (1987)
12. Morse, J. W., Arvidson, R. S. & Luttge, A. Calcium Carbonate formation and dissolution. Chem. Rev. 107, 342-381 (2007)
13. Santos, I. R., Glud, R. N., Maher, D. & Eyre, B. D. Diel coral reef acidification driven by pore water advection in permeable carbonate sands, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Geophys. Res. Lett. 38, L03604 (2011)
14. Diaz-Pulido, G., Anthony, K. R. N., Kline, D. I., Dove, S. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. Interactions between ocean acidification and warming on the mortality and dissolution of coralline algae. J. Phycol. 48, 32-39 (2012)
15. 2 enrichment experiment on Heron Island (GBR). Sci. Rep. 2, 413 (2012)
16. Pokrovsky, O. S. & Schott, J. Kinetics and mechanism of dolomite dissolution in neutral to alkaline solutions revisited. Am. J. Sci. 301, 597-626 (2001)
17. Al-Kawaz, H. A. Dissolution Rate Constant of Carbonates under Natural Environments. Tikrit J. Pure Sci. 15 (3), 84-90 (2010)
18. Henrich, R. & Wefer, G. Dissolution of biogenic carbonates: Effects of skeletal structure. Mar. Geol. 71, 341-362 (1986)
19. Opdyke, B. N., Gust, G. & Ledwell, J. R. Mass transfer from smooth alabaster surfaces in turbulent flows. Geophys. Res. Lett. 14, 1131-1134 (1987)
20. Clarke, F. W. & Wheeler, W. C. The Inorganic Constituents of Marine Invertebrates (USGS, 1922).
21. Kuffner, I. B., Andersson, A. J., Jokiel, P. L., Rodgers, K. S. & Mackenzie, F. T. Decreased abundance of crustose coralline algae due to ocean acidification. Nature Geosci. 1, 114-117 (2008)
22. Anthony, K. R. N., Kline, D. I., Diaz-Pulido, G., Dove, S. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 105, 17442-17446 (2008)
23. 2-induced ocean acidification. Geology 37, 1131-1134 (2009)
24. Zhang, F., Xu, H., Konishi, H., Shelobolina, E. S. & Roden, E. E. Polysaccharide-catalyzed nucleation and growth of disordered dolomite: A potential precursor of sedimentary dolomite. Am. Mineral. 97, 556-567 (2012)
25. Krause, S. et al. Microbial nucleation of Mg-rich dolomite in exopolymeric substances under anoxic modern seawater salinity: New insight into an old enigma. Geology 40, 587-590 (2012)
26. Bilan, M. I. & Usov, A. I. Polysaccharides of calcareous algae and their effect on the calcification process. Russ. J. Bioorg. Chem. 27, 2-16 (2001)
27. Ramus, J. The production of extracellular polysaccharide by the unicellular red algae Porphyridium aerugineum. J. Phycol. 8, 97-111 (1972)
28. Doropoulos, C., Ward, S., Diaz-Pulido, G., Hoegh-Guldberg, O. & Mumby, P. J. Ocean acidification reduces coral recruitment by disrupting intimate larval-algal settlement interactions. Ecol. Lett. 15, 338-346 (2012).