Tropical cyclones cause CaCO3 undersaturation of coral reef seawater in a high-CO2 world

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5312-5321

  Manzello, Derek ^a,b   Enochs, Ian ^a,b   Musielewicz, Sylvia ^c   Carlton, Renée ^a,b   Gledhill, Dwight ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium carbonate undersaturation; climate change; coral reef erosion; global warming; ocean acidification; seawater freshening

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; REEFS; SEAWATER; STORMS;

BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CORAL REEF; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; HIGH-MG CALCITES; MARINE ORGANISMS; OCEAN ACIDIFICATIONS; RAINFALL AND RUNOFFS; UNDERSATURATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; PH; RAINFALL; SATURATION; SEAWATER; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

FLORIDA KEYS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84890288879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20378     Document Type: Article

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