CORAL CALCIFICATION RATES BY THE BUOYANT WEIGHT TECHNIQUE - EFFECTS OF ALIZARIN STAINING Academic Article

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. 1984.

authors

• Knap, Anthony

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• DODGE, R. E., WYERS, S. C., FRITH, H. R., KNAP, A. H., SMITH, S. R., COOK, C. B., & SLEETER, T. D.

citation count

• 41

complete list of authors

• DODGE, RE||WYERS, SC||FRITH, HR||KNAP, AH||SMITH, SR||COOK, CB||SLEETER, TD

publication date

• March 1984

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0022-0981(84)90167-9

start page

• 217

end page

• 232

volume

• 75

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(84)90167-9