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Coral Calcification Rates by the Buoyant Weight Technique: Effects of Alizarin Staining
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
ISSN
0022-0981
Publication Date
3-1-1984
Keywords
Coral reefs
Abstract
The buoyant weight method has been used in a laboratory experiment over an 18-day period to assess effects of alizarin staining on the calcification rate of the hermatypic coral Diploria strigosa (Dana). Exposure of corals to a concentration of 10 mg/l alizarin for 24 h in a flow-through system caused a significant depression in calcification for a period of up to 6 days. It is suggested that such initial calcification depressions after staining could affect absolute growth measurements and cause synergistic effects with experimental manipulation of environmental conditions unless an appropriate recovery period is allowed.
DOI
10.1016/0022-0981(84)90167-9
Volume
75
Issue
3
First Page
217
Last Page
232
NSUWorks Citation
Dodge, Richard E., Sheila C. Wyers, H. R. Frith, Anthony H. Knap, S. R. Smith, C. B. Cook, and T. D. Sleeter. 1984. "Coral calcification rates by the buoyant weight technique: Effects of alizarin staining." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology no. 75 (3):217-232. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(84)90167-9.
Comments
©1984 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.