Comparing Chemistry and Census-based Estimates of Net Ecosystem Calcification on a Rim Reef in Bermuda

Coral reef net ecosystem calcification (NEC) has decreased for many Caribbean reefs over recent decades primarily due to a combination of declining coral cover and changing benthic community composition. Chemistry-based approaches to calculate NEC utilize the drawdown of seawater total alkalinity (T...

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Main Authors: Travis A Courtney, Andreas J Andersson, Nicholas R Bates, Andrew Collins, Tyler Cyronak, Samantha J de Putron, Bradley D Eyre, Rebecca Garley, Eric Jeremy Hochberg, Rodney Johnson, Sylvia Musielewicz, Tim Noyes, Christopher L Sabine, Adrienne J Sutton, Jessy Toncin, Aline Tribollet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2016.00181/full