@article{fdi:010064189,
  title = {{C}alcification is not the {A}chilles' heel of cold-water corals in an acidifying ocean},
  author = {{R}odolfo-{M}etalpa, {R}iccardo and {M}ontagna, {P}. and {A}liani, {S}. and {B}orghini, {M}. and {C}anese, {S}. and {H}all-{S}pencer, {J}. {M}. and {F}oggo, {A}. and {M}ilazzo, {M}. and {T}aviani, {M}. and {H}oulbr{\`e}que, {F}anny},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{O}cean acidification is thought to be a major threat to coral reefs: laboratory evidence and {CO}2 seep research has shown adverse effects on many coral species, although a few are resilient. {T}here are concerns that cold-water corals are even more vulnerable as they live in areas where aragonite saturation ((ara)) is lower than in the tropics and is falling rapidly due to {CO}2 emissions. {H}ere, we provide laboratory evidence that net (gross calcification minus dissolution) and gross calcification rates of three common cold-water corals, {C}aryophyllia smithii, {D}endrophyllia cornigera, and {D}esmophyllum dianthus, are not affected by p{CO}(2) levels expected for 2100 (p{CO}(2)1058atm, (ara) 1.29), and nor are the rates of skeletal dissolution in {D}.dianthus. {W}e transplanted {D}.dianthus to 350m depth (p{H}({T}) 8.02; p{CO}(2)448atm, (ara) 2.58) and to a 3m depth {CO}2 seep in oligotrophic waters (p{H}({T}) 7.35; p{CO}(2)2879atm, (ara) 0.76) and found that the transplants calcified at the same rates regardless of the p{CO}(2) confirming their resilience to acidification, but at significantly lower rates than corals that were fed in aquaria. {O}ur combination of field and laboratory evidence suggests that ocean acidification will not disrupt cold-water coral calcification although falling aragonite levels may affect other organismal physiological and/or reef community processes.},
  keywords = {calcification and dissolution ; {C}aryophyllia smithii ; cold-water corals ; {D}endrophyllia cornigera ; {D}esmophyllum dianthus ; ocean acidification ; {ADRIATIQUE} ; {MEDITERRANEE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}lobal {C}hange {B}iology},
  volume = {21},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {2238--2248},
  ISSN = {1354-1013},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1111/gcb.12867},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064189},
}