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Mineralogical response of the Mediterranean crustose coralline alga <i>Lithophyllum cabiochae</i> to near-future ocean acidification and warming

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Red calcareous coralline algae are thought to be among the organisms most vulnerable to ocean acidifi-cation due to the high solubility of their magnesium cal-cite skeleton. Although skeletal mineralogy is proposed to change as CO 2 and temperature continue to rise, there is currently very little information available on the response of coralline algal carbonate mineralogy to near-future changes in pCO 2 and temperature. Here we present results from a 1-year controlled laboratory experiment to test mineralogi-cal responses to pCO 2 and temperature in the Mediterranean crustose coralline alga (CCA) Lithophyllum cabiochae. Our results show that Mg incorporation is mainly constrained by temperature (+1 mol % MgCO 3 for an increase of 3 • C), and there was no response to pCO 2. This suggests that L. cabiochae thalli have the ability to buffer their calcifying medium against ocean acidification, thereby enabling them to continue to deposit magnesium calcite with a significant mol % MgCO 3 under elevated pCO 2. Analyses of CCA dissolution chips showed a decrease in Mg content after 1 year for all treatments, but this was affected neither by pCO 2 nor by temperature. Our findings suggest that biological processes exert a strong control on calcification on magnesium calcite and that CCA may be more resilient under rising CO 2 than previously thought. However, previously demonstrated increased skeletal dissolution with ocean acidification will still have major consequences for the stability and maintenance of Mediterranean coralligenous habitats.
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Merinda C. Nash, Sophie Martin, Jean-Pierre Gattuso. Mineralogical response of the Mediterranean crustose coralline alga <i>Lithophyllum cabiochae</i> to near-future ocean acidification and warming. Biogeosciences, 2016, 13 (21), pp.5937 - 5945. ⟨10.5194/bg-13-5937-2016⟩. ⟨hal-01408878⟩
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