Seawater carbonate chemistry and community calcification during Miyako Island (Japan) coral reef studies, 1994

Coral reefs are characterized by enormous carbonate production of the organisms. It is known that rapid calcification is linked to photosynthesis under control of the carbonate equilibrium in seawater. We have established a model simulating the coexisting states of photosynthesis and calcification in order to examine the effects of photosynthesis and calcification on the carbonate system in seawater. Supposing that the rates of photosynthesis and calcification are proportional to concentrations of their inorganic carbon source, the model calculations indicate that three kinds of unique interactions of the organic and inorganic carbon productions are expected. These are photosynthetic enhancement of calcification, calcification which benefits photosynthesis and carbonate dissolution induced by respiration. The first effect appears when the photosynthetic rate is more than approximately 1.2 larger than that of calcification. This effect is caused by the increase of CO3 content and carbonate saturation degree in seawater. If photosynthesis use molecular carbon dioxide, the second effect occurs when the calcification rate is more than approximately 1.6 times larger than that of photosynthesis. Time series model experiments indicate that photosynthesis and calcification potentially enhance each other and that organic and inorganic carbon is produced more efficiently in the coexisting system than in the isolated reactions.These coexisting effects on production enhancement of photosynthesis and calcification are expected to appear not only in the internal pool of organisms but also in a reef environment which is isolated from the outer ocean during low tide. According to the measurements on the fringing type Shiraho Reef in the Ryukyu Islands, the diurnal change of water properties (pH, total alkalinity, total carbon dioxide and carbonate saturation degree) were conspicuous. This environment offers an appropriate condition for the appearance of these coexisting effects. The photosynthetic enhancement of calcification and the respiratory inducement of decalcification were observed during day-time and night-time slack-water periods, respectively. These coexisting effects, especially the photosynthetic enhancement of calcification, appear to play important roles for fluorishing coral reef communities.

In order to allow full comparability with other ocean acidification data sets, the R package seacarb (Lavigne and Gattuso, 2011) was used to compute a complete and consistent set of carbonate system variables, as described by Nisumaa et al. (2010). In this dataset the original values were archived in addition with the recalculated parameters (see related PI).

Supplement to: Suzuki, A; Nakamori, T; Kayanne, Hajime (1995): The mechanism of production enhancement in coral reef carbonate systems: model and empirical results. Sedimentary Geology, 99(3-4), 259-280

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.721926
PID https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.34197.d001
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/0037-0738(95)00048-D
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.721926
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Creator Suzuki, Yoshimi; Nakashima, Norihir; Yoshida, Katsumi; Casareto, Beatriz E; Taki, Masahito; Hiraga, Tetsuo; Okabayashi, Tetsuo; Ito, Hiroshi; Yamada, Koichi; Suzuki, A ORCID logo; Nakamori, T; Kayanne, Hajime (ORCID: 0000-0002-6382-095X)
Publisher PANGAEA
Contributor Nisumaa, Anne-Marin
Publication Year 1995
Funding Reference Seventh Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011102 Crossref Funder ID 211384 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/211384 European Project on Ocean Acidification; Sixth Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011103 Crossref Funder ID 511106 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/511106 European network of excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Resource Type Supplementary Dataset; Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 189 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (124.170 LON, 24.500 LAT)
Temporal Coverage Begin 1990-09-20T11:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 1990-09-21T05:00:00Z