Coral Reef Ecosystems under Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies · University of Queensland · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Coral reefs are found in a wide range of environments, where they provide food and habitat to a large range of organisms as well as other ecological goods and services. Warm-water coral reefs, for example, occupy shallow sunlit, warm and alkaline waters in order to grow and calcify at the high rates necessary to build and maintain their calcium carbonate structures. At deeper locations (40 – 150 m), “mesophotic” (low light) coral reefs accumulate calcium carbonate at much lower rates (if at all in some cases) yet remain important as habitat for a wide range of organisms, including those important for fisheries. Finally, even deeper, down to 2000 m or more, the so-called ‘cold-water’ coral reefs are found in…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 42.39
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 157
Authors
4- OHOve Hoegh‐GuldbergCorresponding
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, University of Queensland
- ESElvira S. Poloczanska
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, University of Queensland
- WSWilliam Skirving
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- SDSophie Dove
University of Queensland, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
Topics & keywords
- Reef
- Coral reef
- Ocean acidification
- Resilience of coral reefs
- Environmental issues with coral reefs
- Coral
- Environmental science
- Aquaculture of coral