Reviewing the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Sexual Reproduction and Early Life History Stages of Reef-Building Corals

By R. Albright. 2011

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Ocean acidification (OA) is a relatively young yet rapidly developing scientific field. Assessing the potential response(s) of marine organisms to projected near-future OA scenarios has been at the forefront of scientific research, with a focus on ecosystems (e.g., coral reefs) and processes (e.g., calcification) that are deemed particularly vulnerable. Recently, a heightened emphasis has been placed on evaluating early life history stages as these stages are generally perceived to be more sensitive to environmental change. The number of acidification-related studies focused on early life stages has risen dramatically over the last several years. While early life history stages of corals have been understudied compared to other marine invertebrate taxa (e.g., echinoderms, mollusks), numerous studies exist to contribute to our status of knowledge regarding the potential impacts of OA on coral recruitment dynamics. To synthesize this information, the present paper reviews the primary literature on the effects of acidification on sexual reproduction and early stages of corals, incorporating lessons learned from more thoroughly studied taxa to both assess our current understanding of the potential impacts of OA on coral recruitment and to inform and guide future research in this area.

Subfields: Ecology, Oceanography

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Linking the biological impacts of ocean acidification on oysters to changes in ecosystem services: A review (2017, background): “As such, there has been a burgeoning 108 literature describing larval responses to OA (reviewed in Albright, 2011; Byrne, 109 2011; Przeslawski et al., 2014; Ross et al., 2011).”
Impacts of ocean acidification on marine organisms: quantifying sensitivities and interaction with warming (2013, background): “However, because this is the subject of several qualitative reviews (Albright, 2011; Byrne, 2011; Ross et al., 2011), it is not considered here.”
The physiological and molecular responses of larvae from the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis exposed to near-future increases in temperature and pCO2 (2012, background): “2011), and the importance of reproduction and recruitment (Albright 2011) have now been recognized as being critical considerations in determining the impacts of disturbance regimes on corals and coral reefs.”
Sexual production of corals for reef restoration in the Anthropocene (2020, background): “…include elevated inorganic nutrient concentrations (reviewed in Fabricius et al. 2005, Humphrey et al. 2008, Lam et al. 2015, Richmond et al. 2018), pCO2 (Albright 2011, Albright & Mason 2013), sediments (reviewed in Jones et al. 2015), and pollutants (reviewed in Hudspith et al. 2017).”