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Carbon fluxes in coral reefs. I. Lagrangian measurement of community metabolism and resulting air-sea CO2 desequilibrium
Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Pichon, Michel; Delesalle, Bruno et al.
1996In Marine Ecology. Progress Series, 145 (1), p. 109-121
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Keywords :
Air-sea CO2 flux; Calcification; Coral reefs; Light; Primary production; Respiration
Abstract :
[en] Community metabolism was investigated using a Lagrangian flow respirometry technique on 2 reef flats at Moorea (French Polynesia) during austral winter and Yonge Reef (Great Barrier Reef) during austral summer. The data were used to estimate related air-sea CO2 disequilibrium. A sine function did not satisfactorily model the diel light curves and overestimated the metabolic parameters. The ranges of community gross primary production and respiration (P(g) and R; 9 to 15 g C m-2 d-1) were within the range previously reported for reef flats, and community net calcification (G; 19 to 25 g CaCO3 m-2 d-1) was higher than the 'standard' range. The molar ratio of organic to inorganic carbon uptake was 6:1 for both sites. The reef flat at Moorea displayed a higher rate of organic production and a lower rate of calcification compared to previous measurements carried out during austral summer. The approximate uncertainty of the daily metabolic parameters was estimated using a procedure based on a Monte Carlo simulation. The standard errors of P(g), R and P(g)/R expressed as a percentage of the mean are lower than 3% but are comparatively larger for E, the excess production (6 to 78%). The daily air-sea CO2 flux (F(CO2)) was positive throughout the field experiments, indicating that the reef flats at Moorea and Yonge Reef released CO2 to the atmosphere at the time of measurement. F(CO2) decreased as a function of increasing daily irradiance.
Disciplines :
Aquatic sciences & oceanology
Author, co-author :
Gattuso, Jean-Pierre;  Observatoire Océanologique Européen (Monaco)
Pichon, Michel;  Université de Perpignan
Delesalle, Bruno;  Université de Perpignan
Canon, Christine;  Université de Liège - ULiège
Frankignoulle, Michel;  Université de Liège - ULiège
Language :
English
Title :
Carbon fluxes in coral reefs. I. Lagrangian measurement of community metabolism and resulting air-sea CO2 desequilibrium
Publication date :
1996
Journal title :
Marine Ecology. Progress Series
ISSN :
0171-8630
eISSN :
1616-1599
Publisher :
Inter-Research Science Publishing, Germany
Volume :
145
Issue :
1
Pages :
109-121
Peer reviewed :
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