ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2020
Submarine groundwater discharge alters coral reef ecosystem metabolism.
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- Conspecific interactions between corals mediate the effect of submarine groundwater discharge on coral physiology.Oecologia · 2025Article
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- Submarine groundwater discharge drives both direct and indirect effects on organismal and community metabolism on coral reefs.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Harnessing island-ocean connections to maximize marine benefits of island conservation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Implications of salinity normalization of seawater total alkalinity in coral reef metabolism studies.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) influences near-shore coral reef ecosystems worldwide. SGD biogeochemistry is distinct, typically with higher nutrients, lower pH, cooler temperature and lower salinity than receiving waters. SGD can also be a conduit for anthropogenic nutrients and other pollutants. Using Bayesian structural equation modelling, we investigate pathways and feedbacks by which SGD influences coral reef ecosystem metabolism at two Hawai'i sites with distinct aquifer chemistry. The thermal and biogeochemical environment created by SGD changed net ecosystem production (NEP) and net ecosystem calcification (NEC). NEP showed a nonlinear relationship with SGD-enhanced nutrients: high fluxes of moderately enriched SGD (Wailupe low tide) and low fluxes of highly enriched SGD (Kūpikipiki'ō high tide) increased NEP, but high fluxes of highly enriched SGD (Kūpikipiki'ō low tide) decreased NEP, indicating a shift toward microbial respiration. pH fluctuated with NEP, driving changes in the net growth of calcifiers (NEC). SGD enhances biological feedbacks: changes in SGD from land use and climate change will have consequences for calcification of coral reef communities, and thereby shoreline protection.
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