Jean-Pierre Gattuso

TL;DR: The most comprehensive meta-analysis to date by synthesizing the results of 228 studies examining biological responses to ocean acidification reveals decreased survival, calcification, growth, development and abundance in response to acidification, and suggests that other factors, such as nutritional status or source population, could cause substantial variation in organisms' responses.

TL;DR: A coral reef represents the net accumulation of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) produced by corals and other calcifying organisms, and if calcification declines, then reef-building capacity also declines.

TL;DR: The physics, chemistry, and ecology of the oceans might be affected based on two CO2 emission trajectories: one business as usual and one with aggressive reductions, consistent with the Copenhagen Accord of keeping mean global temperature increase below 2°C in the 21st century.

TL;DR: In this paper, the primary production, respiration, calcification, carbon burial and exchange with adjacent systems, including the atmosphere, are reviewed for the major coastal ecosystems (estuaries, macrophyte communities, mangroves, coral reefs, and the remaining continental shelf).

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the relationship between photosynthesis and calcification in coral reefs and the potential effect of global climatic changes (p CO2 and temperature) on the rate of calcification is presented.