Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, , PO Box 1346, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA.
Proc Biol Sci. 2013 Jun 12;280(1764):20130031. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0031. Print 2013 Aug 7.
Data on calcification rate of coral and crustose coralline algae were used to test the proton flux model of calcification. There was a significant correlation between calcification (G) and the ratio of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) to proton concentration ([DIC] : [H(+)] ratio). The ratio is tightly correlated with [CO3(2-)] and with aragonite saturation state (Ωa). An argument is presented that correlation does not prove cause and effect, and that Ωa and [CO3(2-)] have no basic physiological meaning on coral reefs other than a correlation with [DIC] : [H(+)] ratio, which is the driver of G.
珊瑚和有孔虫藻的钙化率数据被用来检验钙化的质子流模型。钙化(G)与溶解无机碳(DIC)与质子浓度的比值([DIC]:[H(+)] 比值)之间存在显著的相关性。该比值与[CO3(2-)]和霰石饱和度(Ωa)紧密相关。有人认为,相关性并不能证明因果关系,并且除了与[DIC]:[H(+)] 比值相关之外,Ωa 和[CO3(2-)]在珊瑚礁上没有基本的生理意义,而[DIC]:[H(+)] 比值是 G 的驱动力。