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ArticleBMC biology2026

Skeletal porosity of a cold-water coral increases with decreasing aragonite saturation state along a depth gradient in the Mediterranean Sea.

Fiorella Prada, Chiara Marchini, Paolo Montagna, Marco Taviani, Giorgia Maestrini, Arianna Mancuso, Valentina Di Fazio, Christian Ghiroldi, Andrea Simoni, Iryna Polishchuk and 4 more

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Fiorella Prada *Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA.
Chiara Marchini *Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy.
Paolo MontagnaInstitute of Polar Sciences, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Bologna, 40129, Italy. paolo.montagna@cnr.it.
Marco TavianiStazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples, 80121, Italy.
Giorgia MaestriniDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy.
Arianna MancusoDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy.
Valentina Di FazioDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy.
Christian GhiroldiDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy.
Andrea SimoniDepartment of Science and Technology of Agriculture and Environment, University of Bologna, Bologna, 40127, Italy.
Iryna PolishchukDepartment of Material Sciences and Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute and The Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Boaz PokroyDepartment of Material Sciences and Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute and The Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Raffaele GattelliDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy.
Giuseppe FaliniFano Marine Center, The Inter-Institute Center for Research On Marine Biodiversity, Resources and Biotechnologies, Fano, Italy. giuseppe.falini@unibo.it.
Stefano GoffredoDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy. s.goffredo@unibo.it.

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Abstract

backgroundCold-water corals (CWCs) are key ecosystem engineers that create complex three-dimensional habitats much like tropical reefs, but in deep, cold seas. However, like other reef-building systems, they are increasingly threatened by climate change and ocean acidification. CWC communities in the Mediterranean Sea may be especially vulnerable because these waters absorb more atmospheric CO

resultsHere, we investigated skeletal structural and compositional changes of the scleractinian CWC Desmophyllum dianthus along an Ω

conclusionsThe persistence of micro- and nano-scale skeletal features across an 800 m depth gradient suggests that D. dianthus maintains tight biological control over mineralization at these scales, even as Ω

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AnthozoaCalcium CarbonateAnimalsCalcification, PhysiologicCold TemperatureMediterranean SeaOcean AcidificationPorositySeawaterCalcium CarbonateBiomineralizationCold-water coralsOcean acidificationSkeletal properties

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PMCPMC13508289

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