Resistance of Lophelia pertusa to coverage by sediment and petroleum drill cuttings

Elke Allers; Raeid M.M. Abed; Laura M. Wehrmann; Tao Wang; Ann I. Larsson; Autun Purser; Dirk de Beer

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.07.016

Resistance of Lophelia pertusa to coverage by sediment and petroleum drill cuttings

Elke Allers^*, Raeid M.M. Abed, Laura M. Wehrmann, Tao Wang, Ann I. Larsson, Autun Purser, Dirk de Beer

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Abstract

In laboratory experiments, the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa was exposed to settling particles. The effects of reef sediment, petroleum drill cuttings and a mix of both, on the development of anoxia at the coral surface were studied using O₂, pH and H₂S microsensors and by assessing coral polyp mortality. Due to the branching morphology of L. pertusa and the release of coral mucus, accumulation rates of settling material on coral branches were low. Microsensors detected H₂S production in only a few samples, and sulfate reduction rates of natural reef sediment slurries were low (<0.3nmolScm^-3d^-1). While the exposure to sediment clearly reduced the coral's accessibility to oxygen, L. pertusa tolerated both partial low-oxygen and anoxic conditions without any visible detrimental short-term effect, such as tissue damage or death. However, complete burial of coral branches for >24h in reef sediment resulted in suffocation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	132-140
Number of pages	9
Journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volume	74
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.07.016
Publication status	Published - Sep 15 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Anoxia
Cold-water coral reef
Cold-water coral-derived mucus
Drill cuttings
Lophelia pertusa
Sedimentation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oceanography
Aquatic Science
Pollution

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