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Data from: High rates of carbon and dinitrogen fixation suggest a critical role of benthic pioneer communities in the energy and nutrient dynamics of coral reefs

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July 14, 2020

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Karcher, Denis
Hohn, Sönke
Carvalho, Susana
Thomson, Timothy
Saalmann, Franziska
Kürten, Benjamin
Struck, Ulrich

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  1. Following coral mortality in tropical reefs, pioneer communities dominated by filamentous and crustose algae efficiently colonize substrates previously occupied by coral tissue. This phenomenon is particularly common after mass coral mortality following prolonged bleaching events associated with marine heatwaves.

  2. Pioneer communities play an important role for the biological succession and reorganization of reefs after disturbance. However, their significance for critical ecosystem functions previously mediated by corals, such as the efficient cycling of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) within the reef, remains uncertain.

  3. We used 96 carbonate tiles to simulate the occurrence of bare substrates after disturbance in a coral reef of the central Red Sea. We measured rates of C and dinitrogen (N2) fixation of pioneer communities on these tiles monthly over an entire year. Coupled with elemental and stable isotope analyses, these measurements provide insights into macronutrient acquisition, export, and the influence of seasonality.

  4. Pioneer communities exhibited high rates of C and N2 fixation within 4 – 8 weeks after the introduction of experimental bare substrates. Ranging from 13 to 25 μmol C cm−2 d−1 and 8 to 54 nmol N cm−2 d−1, respectively, C and N2 fixation rates were comparable to reported values for established Red Sea coral reefs. This similarity indicates that pioneer communities may quickly compensate for the loss of benthic productivity by corals. Notably, between 40 and 85% of fixed organic C was exported into the environment, constituting a vital source of energy for the coral reef food web.

  5. Our findings suggest that benthic pioneer communities may play a crucial, yet overlooked role in the C and N dynamics of oligotrophic coral reefs by contributing to the input of new C and N after coral mortality. While not substituting other critical ecosystem functions provided by corals (e.g. structural habitat complexity and coastal protection), pioneer communities likely contribute to maintaining coral reef nutrient cycling through the accumulation of biomass and import of macronutrients following coral loss.

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Diazotrophy, biogeochemical cycling, Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes, Community succession, Photosynthesis, carbon budget

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High rates of carbon and dinitrogen fixation suggest a critical role of benthic pioneer communities in the energy and nutrient dynamics of coral reefs
(2020) Roth, Florian; Karcher, Denis B.; Rädecker, Nils; Hohn, Sönke; Carvalho, Susana; Thomson, Timothy; Saalmann, Franziska; Voolstra, Christian R.; Kürten, Benjamin; Struck, Ulrich et al.
Erschienen in: Functional Ecology. Wiley. 2020, 34(9), S. 1991-2004. ISSN 0269-8463. eISSN 1365-2435. Verfügbar unter: doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13625
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ISO 690ROTH, Florian, Denis KARCHER, Nils RÄDECKER, Sönke HOHN, Susana CARVALHO, Timothy THOMSON, Franziska SAALMANN, Christian R. VOOLSTRA, Benjamin KÜRTEN, Ulrich STRUCK, 2020. Data from: High rates of carbon and dinitrogen fixation suggest a critical role of benthic pioneer communities in the energy and nutrient dynamics of coral reefs
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