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Microelectrode characterization of coral daytime interior pH and carbonate chemistry

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Communications, April 2016
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Title
Microelectrode characterization of coral daytime interior pH and carbonate chemistry
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Nature Communications, April 2016
DOI 10.1038/ncomms11144
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Wei-Jun Cai, Yuening Ma, Brian M. Hopkinson, Andréa G. Grottoli, Mark E. Warner, Qian Ding, Xinping Hu, Xiangchen Yuan, Verena Schoepf, Hui Xu, Chenhua Han, Todd F. Melman, Kenneth D. Hoadley, D. Tye Pettay, Yohei Matsui, Justin H. Baumann, Stephen Levas, Ye Ying, Yongchen Wang

Abstract

Reliably predicting how coral calcification may respond to ocean acidification and warming depends on our understanding of coral calcification mechanisms. However, the concentration and speciation of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) inside corals remain unclear, as only pH has been measured while a necessary second parameter to constrain carbonate chemistry has been missing. Here we report the first carbonate ion concentration ([CO3(2-)]) measurements together with pH inside corals during the light period. We observe sharp increases in [CO3(2-)] and pH from the gastric cavity to the calcifying fluid, confirming the existence of a proton (H(+)) pumping mechanism. We also show that corals can achieve a high aragonite saturation state (Ωarag) in the calcifying fluid by elevating pH while at the same time keeping [DIC] low. Such a mechanism may require less H(+)-pumping and energy for upregulating pH compared with the high [DIC] scenario and thus may allow corals to be more resistant to climate change related stressors.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 2 1%
Japan 2 1%
Brazil 2 1%
France 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 167 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 47 27%
Researcher 37 21%
Student > Master 17 10%
Student > Bachelor 14 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 6%
Other 24 14%
Unknown 26 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 41 23%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 36 20%
Environmental Science 35 20%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 5%
Chemistry 6 3%
Other 12 7%
Unknown 37 21%
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