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The future of coral reefs in an age of global change

Ja Kleypas
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Rw Buddemeier
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Résumé

Coral reefs are the only ecosystem that is strongly defined by a geological component - most definitions require that the biological community produces its own build-up of calcium carbonate. In terms of ``reef-building,'' the geological record reveals that coral reefs have flourished over the past few million years, particularly during interglacial periods. Based on our observations of modern-day reefs, which are limited to the past few centuries, we tend to link ``coral reef health'' to carbonate production; however, reef ecosystems face future global-scale environmental changes that may decrease their reef-building capacity. In contrast to past discussions of the factors which determine reef-building potential by a coral reef community, the essential question that arises from this review is: How important is reef building to a coral reef community?

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Océanographie

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hal-03483057 , version 1 (16-12-2021)

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Ja Kleypas, Rw Buddemeier, Jp Gattuso. The future of coral reefs in an age of global change. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2001, 90 (2), pp.426-437. ⟨10.1007/s005310000125⟩. ⟨hal-03483057⟩
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