Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-887-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-887-2020
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21 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 21 Feb 2020

Intercomparison of four methods to estimate coral calcification under various environmental conditions

Miguel Gómez Batista, Marc Metian, François Oberhänsli, Simon Pouil, Peter W. Swarzenski, Eric Tambutté, Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Carlos M. Alonso Hernández, and Frédéric Gazeau

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Seawater carbonate chemistry and coral calcification M. Gómez Batista, M. Metian, F. Oberhänsli, S. Pouil, E. Tambutté, J.-P. Gattuso, C. M. A. Hernández, and F. Gazeau https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912222

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In this paper, we assessed four methods (total alkalinity anomaly, calcium anomaly, 45Ca incorporation, and 13C incorporation) to determine coral calcification of a reef-building coral. Under all conditions (light vs. dark incubations and ambient vs. lowered pH levels), calcification rates estimated using the alkalinity and calcium anomaly techniques as well as 45Ca incorporation were highly correlated, while significantly different results were obtained with the 13C incorporation technique.
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