Oxygen and Heterotrophy Affect Calcification of the Scleractinian Coral Galaxea fascicularis

T.H.M. Wijgerde; S. Jurriaans; M. Hoofd; J.A.J. Verreth; R. Osinga

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052702

Oxygen and Heterotrophy Affect Calcification of the Scleractinian Coral Galaxea fascicularis

T.H.M. Wijgerde, S. Jurriaans, M. Hoofd, J.A.J. Verreth, R. Osinga

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Heterotrophy is known to stimulate calcification of scleractinian corals, possibly through enhanced organic matrix synthesis and photosynthesis, and increased supply of metabolic DIC. In contrast to the positive long-term effects of heterotrophy, inhibition of calcification has been observed during feeding, which may be explained by a temporal oxygen limitation in coral tissue. To test this hypothesis, we measured the short-term effects of zooplankton feeding on light and dark calcification rates of the scleractinian coral Galaxea fascicularis (n = 4) at oxygen saturation levels ranging from 13 to 280%. Significant main and interactive effects of oxygen, heterotrophy and light on calcification rates were found (three-way factorial repeated measures ANOVA, p

Original language	English
Article number	e52702
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	7
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052702
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

stylophora-pistillata
skeletal growth
artemia-salina
photosynthesis
zooxanthellae
reef
respiration
light
water
starvation

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Oxygen and Heterotrophy Affect Calcification of the Scleractinian Coral Galaxea fascicularis

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