Calcification rate

ID: 127

Class: Physiological

Description:

The rate at which calcium carbonate (e.g., aragonite or calcite) is laid down per unit of skeletal surface area. When using this data, be aware that this trait is measured in numerous ways.

Standards:

• Rate (g month^-1)
• Rate (g cm ^-2 yr^-1)
• Weight gain rate (% wt. gain month-1)
• Rate (% wt month^-1)
• Rate (µg Ca mg N^-1 h^-1)
• Rate ( µgmol CaCO3 cm^-2 d^-1)
• Rate (nmol mg_protein^-1 d^-1)

Methodologies:

• Alkalinity anomaly technique
• Bouyant weight
• Incubations to measure Ca45 radioactivity uptake
• Linear extension alizerin staining and calipers, bulk density wax dipping and buoyant weight
• Product of linear extension and bulk density
• Weight
• X-radiography (densitometer)

Editor: Hollie Putnam (contact)

Observations

Fungia fungites

• 159750

  Calcification rate

  0.41 (g cm ^-2 yr^-1)

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Heliopora coerulea

• 201048

  Calcification rate

  0.87 (g cm ^-2 yr^-1)

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Hydnophora microconos

• 159751

  Calcification rate

  0.43 (g cm ^-2 yr^-1)

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Leptastrea purpurea

• 159752

  Calcification rate

  0.31 (g cm ^-2 yr^-1)

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Montastraea cavernosa

• 156379

  Calcification rate

  2.84 (% wt. gain month-1)

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• 156352

  Calcification rate

  0.81 (% wt. gain month-1)

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• 156380

  Calcification rate

  1.93 (% wt. gain month-1)

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• 156348

  Calcification rate

  0.96 (% wt. gain month-1)

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• 156357

  Calcification rate

  1.36 (% wt. gain month-1)

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• 156369

  Calcification rate

  0.72 (% wt. gain month-1)

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• 156367

  Calcification rate

  1.82 (% wt. gain month-1)

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• 156359

  Calcification rate

  1.84 (% wt. gain month-1)

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• 156350

  Calcification rate

  0.88 (% wt. gain month-1)

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• 156355

  Calcification rate

  1.04 (% wt. gain month-1)

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• 156377

  Calcification rate

  2.4 (% wt. gain month-1)

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• 156371

  Calcification rate

  1.78 (% wt. gain month-1)

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Orbicella annularis

• 118735

  Calcification rate

  1.31 (g cm ^-2 yr^-1)

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• 118736

  Calcification rate

  1.49 (g cm ^-2 yr^-1)

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• 118741

  Calcification rate

  1.87 (g cm ^-2 yr^-1)

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• 118705

  Calcification rate

  1.35 (g cm ^-2 yr^-1)

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• 159727

  Calcification rate

  1.44 (g cm ^-2 yr^-1)

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• 118815

  Calcification rate

  1.55 (g cm ^-2 yr^-1)

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• 118761

  Calcification rate

  1.43 (g cm ^-2 yr^-1)

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• 159731

  Calcification rate

  1.18 (g cm ^-2 yr^-1)

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• 118699

  Calcification rate

  1.45 (g cm ^-2 yr^-1)

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