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Light and temperature effects on 11B and B / Ca ratios of the zooxanthellate coral Acropora sp.: results from culturing experiments

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The boron isotopic composition (δ11B) of marine carbonates (e.g. corals) is increasingly utilised as a proxy for paleo-pH, with the strong correlation between δ11B of marine calcifiers and seawater pH now well documented. However, the potential roles of other environmental parameters that may also influence both the boron isotopic composition and boron concentration into coral aragonite are poorly known. To overcome this, the tropical scleractinian coral Acropora sp. was cultured under 3 different temperatures (22, 25 and 28 ˚C) and two light conditions (200 and 400 μmol photon m−2 s−1). The δ11B indicates an increase in internal pH that is dependent on the light conditions. Changes in light intensities from 200 to 400 μmol photon m−2 s−1 seem to indicate an apparent decrease in pH at the site of calcification, contrary to what is expected in most models of light-enhanced calcification. Thus, variations in light conditions chosen to mimic average annual variations of the natural environments where Acropora sp. colonies can be found could bias pH reconstructions by about 0.05 units. For both light conditions, a significant impact of temperature on 11B can be observed between 22 and 25˚C, corresponding to an increase of about 0.02 pH-units, while no further _11B increase can be observed from 25 to 28˚C. This non-linear temperature effect complicates the determination of a correction factor. B / Ca ratios decrease with increasing light, consistent with the decrease in pH at the site of calcification under enhanced light intensities. When all the other parameters are constant, boron concentrations in Acropora sp. increase with increasing temperatures and increasing carbonate ion concentrations. These observations contradict previous studies where B/Ca in corals was found to vary inversely with temperature, suggesting that the controlling factors driving boron concentrations have not yet been adequately identified and might be influenced by other environmental variables and/or species-specific responses.
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ird-00846648 , version 1 (19-07-2013)

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Delphine Dissard, Éric Douville, S. Reynaud, Anne Juillet-Leclerc, Paolo Montagna, et al.. Light and temperature effects on 11B and B / Ca ratios of the zooxanthellate coral Acropora sp.: results from culturing experiments. Biogeosciences, 2012, 9, pp.4589-4605. ⟨10.5194/bg-9-4589-2012⟩. ⟨ird-00846648⟩
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