@article{fdi:010070181,
  title = {{R}eef-building corals thrive within hot-acidified and deoxygenated waters},
  author = {{C}amp, {E}. {F}. and {N}itschke, {M}. {R}. and {R}odolfo-{M}etalpa, {R}iccardo and {H}oulbr{\`e}que, {F}anny and {G}ardner, {S}. {G}. and {S}mith, {D}. {J}. and {Z}ampighi, {M}. and {S}uggett, {D}. {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}oral reefs are deteriorating under climate change as oceans continue to warm and acidify and thermal anomalies grow in frequency and intensity. {I}n vitro experiments are widely used to forecast reef-building coral health into the future, but often fail to account for the complex ecological and biogeochemical interactions that govern reefs. {C}onsequently, observations from coral communities under naturally occurring extremes have become central for improved predictions of future reef form and function. {H}ere, we present a semi-enclosed lagoon system in {N}ew {C}aledonia characterised by diel fluctuations of hot-deoxygenated water coupled with tidally driven persistently low p{H}, relative to neighbouring reefs. {C}oral communities within the lagoon system exhibited high richness (number of species = 20) and cover (24-35% across lagoon sites). {C}alcification rates for key species ({A}cropora formosa, {A}cropora pulchra, {C}oelastrea aspera and {P}orites lutea) for populations from the lagoon were equivalent to, or reduced by ca. 30-40% compared to those from the reef. {E}nhanced coral respiration, alongside high particulate organic content of the lagoon sediment, suggests acclimatisation to this trio of temperature, oxygen and p{H} changes through heterotrophic plasticity. {T}his semi-enclosed lagoon therefore provides a novel system to understand coral acclimatisation to complex climatic scenarios and may serve as a reservoir of coral populations already resistant to extreme environmental conditions.},
  keywords = {{NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cientific {R}eports - {N}ature},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 2434 [9 p.]},
  ISSN = {2045-2322},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41598-017-02383-y},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070181},
}