Sperm motility of the scleractinian coral Acropora digitifera under preindustrial, current, and predicted ocean acidification regimes

• DOI: 10.3354/ab00436
• Publication Date: 2012-04-18T14:12:19Z
• Authors: M Nakamura; M Morita
• Keywords: Ocean Acidification; Acropora

AB Aquatic Biology Contact the journal Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 15:299-302 (2012) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00436 Sperm motility of scleractinian coral Acropora digitifera under preindustrial, current, and predicted ocean acidification regimes Masako Nakamura1,*, Masaya Morita2 1Okinawa Institute Science Technology, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan 2Sesoko Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University Ryukyus, 905-0227, *Email: [e-mail] ABSTRACT: Ocean caused by uptake anthropogenic CO2 in oceans negatively affects early life stages corals reducing their calcification rate. Acidification also inhibits sperm corals, potentially affecting fertilization success. We investigated effects different pCO2 (partial pressure CO2) conditions on digitifera. Using a pCO2-control system, we maintained at concentrations from preindustrial present-day levels up level year 2100 (300, 400, 1000 ppm, respectively). Our results indicated that has potential suppress flagellar A. Furthermore, will likely decline ~30%, which may impact fertility, if sensitivity decreasing pH cannot adapt over span ~90 yr. KEY WORDS: · Scleractinian Full text pdf format PreviousCite this article as: Nakamura M, Morita M regimes. Aquat Biol 15:299-302. Export citation Facebook Tweet linkedIn Cited Published Vol. 15, No. 3. Online publication date: June 06, 2012 Print ISSN: 1864-7782; 1864-7790 Copyright © Inter-Research.