Journal article
Response to Waldbusser et al. (2016): “Calcium carbonate saturation state: on myths and this or that stories”
ICES journal of marine science, Vol.73(3), pp.569-571
01/03/2016
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Abstract
Currently, almost any article searched with the keywords “calcification” and “ocean acidification” (OA) will inevitably bring up a link
between calcification and bulk seawater carbonate saturation state
(V) as a justification for the study. Therefore, it seems timely to
highlight that from a physiological point of view, there are mechanisms that invoke control of calcification by seawater bicarbonate
(HCO3
2) and proton (H+) concentrations rather than V in many
marine organisms. While we agree with Waldbusser et al. (2016)
that there is a vast diversity of marine calcifiers able to regulate carbonate chemistry internally at the site of calcification, it seems adequate to assume a similar underlying physiological response to
OA unless shown otherwise.
Details
- Title
- Response to Waldbusser et al. (2016): “Calcium carbonate saturation state: on myths and this or that stories”
- Creators
- Tyler Cyronak - Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive 0244, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244, USAKai G Schulz - Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, AustraliaPaul L Jokiel - Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, PO Box 1346, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA
- Publication Details
- ICES journal of marine science, Vol.73(3), pp.569-571
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Identifiers
- 991012926970502368
- Academic Unit
- Science; Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry; Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article