Award Abstract # 0547169
Climate Change & Coral Reefs: Integrating Calcification, Photosynthesis & Symbiosis Flexibility into Species Survival Trajectories for Caribbean Reef Corals

NSF Org: OCE
Division Of Ocean Sciences
Recipient: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
Initial Amendment Date: August 29, 2005
Latest Amendment Date: August 29, 2005
Award Number: 0547169
Award Instrument: Standard Grant
Program Manager: David Garrison
OCE  Division Of Ocean Sciences
GEO  Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date: October 1, 2005
End Date: September 30, 2010 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $605,115.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $605,115.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2005 = $605,115.00
History of Investigator:
  • Andrew Baker (Principal Investigator)
     andrewcbaker1@gmail.com
  • Christopher Langdon (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: University of Miami
 1251 MEMORIAL DR
 CORAL GABLES
 FL  US  33146-2509
(305)421-4089
Sponsor Congressional District: 27
Primary Place of Performance: University of Miami
 1251 MEMORIAL DR
 CORAL GABLES
 FL  US  33146-2509
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:		 27
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): KXN7HGCF6K91
Parent UEI: VNZZYCJ55TC4
NSF Program(s): BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Primary Program Source: app-0105 
Program Reference Code(s): 1389, 4444, 9117, 9169, EGCH
Program Element Code(s): 165000
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.050

ABSTRACT

Drs. Baker and Langdon will investigate the threats of climate change on coral reef ecosystems by analyzing the effects of high-temperature stress on reef-building coral-algal symbioses and the impacts of increased atmospheric CO2 (pCO2) on the ability of scleractinian (stony) corals to effectively calcify and build reefs in shallow tropical seas at increasingly low aragonite saturation states. This project uses a controlled outdoor experimental laboratory to investigate the responses of a suite of common coral species from the tropical western Atlantic (Caribbean) to the combined effects of high pCO2 and high temperature. The investigators will study photosynthesis, calcification, bleaching and symbiont community structure for these corals in response to a variety of experimental treatments that fall within the scope of conservative climate expectations. The investigators will use these results to identify potential species survival trajectories and changes in reef coral community composition for Caribbean coral reefs over the next 30- 50 years.
The broader impacts of these studies are diverse: understanding and predicting changes in coral reef communities, enhancing local research infrastructure at the University of Miami, training and involvement for high-school, undergraduate, and graduate students, and training for a postdoctoral associate.

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Albright, R. and Mason, B. and Miller, M. and Langdon, C. "Ocean acidification compromises recruitment success of the threatened Caribbean coral Acropora palmata" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , v.107 , 2010 10.1073/pnas.1007273107 Citation Details
Albright, R., B. Mason and C. Langdon ""Effect of aragonite saturation state on the settlement and post-settlement growth of Porites astreoides larvae."" Coral Reefs , v.27 , 2008 , p.485 10.1007/s00338-008-0392-5
Albright, R., B. Mason, M. Miller and C. Langdon "Ocean acidification compromises recruitment success of the threatened Caribbean coral Acropora palmata" Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA , v.107 , 2010 10.1073/pnas.1007273107
Albright, Rebecca and Bland, Charnelle and Gillette, Phillip and Serafy, Joseph E. and Langdon, Chris and Capo, Thomas R. "Juvenile growth of the tropical sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus exposed to near-future ocean acidification scenarios" Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology , v.426-427 , 2012 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.05.017 Citation Details
ALBRIGHT, REBECCA and LANGDON, CHRIS "Ocean acidification impacts multiple early life history processes of the Caribbean coral Porites astreoides: OCEAN ACIDIFICATION IMPACTS CORAL RECRUITMENT" Global Change Biology , v.17 , 2011 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02404.x Citation Details
Albright, R; Mason, B; Langdon, C "Effect of aragonite saturation state on settlement and post-settlement growth of Porites astreoides larvae" CORAL REEFS , v.27 , 2008 , p.485 View record at Web of Science 10.1007/s00338-008-0392-
Baker, A "Why do corals bleach? Testing evolutionary implications of flexibility in coral-algal symbiosis" COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY , v.146 , 2007 , p.S221 View record at Web of Science 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.01.48
Baker AC "Why do corals bleach? Testing evolutionary implications of flexibility in coral-algal symbiosis." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A , v.146 , 2007 , p.S221 (abs
Baker, AC; Glynn, PW; Riegl, B "Climate change and coral reef bleaching: An ecological assessment of long-term impacts, recovery trends and future outlook" ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE , v.80 , 2008 , p.435 View record at Web of Science 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.09.00
Baker AC, Romanski AM "Multiple symbiotic partnerships are common in scleractinian corals but not octocorals." Marine Ecology Progress Series , v.335 , 2007 , p.237
Baker, AC; Romanski, AM "Multiple symbiotic partnerships are common in scleractinian corals, but not in octocorals: Comment on Goulet (2006)" MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES , v.335 , 2007 , p.237 View record at Web of Science
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