Table 1 Summary of literature data for the coral response to low seawater pH.

From: Evaluation of the current understanding of the impact of climate change on coral physiology after three decades of experimental research

Effect of reduced-pH on coral performance

Article

Fv/Fm

Photosynthesis

Calcification

Respiration

Symbiont density

Coral pigmentation

Agostini et al. 2013

 

No effect

 

No effect

  

Anthony et al. 2008

 

No effect

 

Bedwell-Ivers et al. 2016

 

No effect

No effect

Bedwell-Ivers et al. 2016

 

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Camp et al. 2016

 

No effect

Castillo et al. 2014

  

+

   

Comeau et al. 2017

 

No effect

 

No effect

  

Comeau et al. 2018

  

   

Cornwall et al. 2018

  

No effect

   

Crawley et al. 2010

 

 

+

No effect

 

Davies et al. 2016

   

+

  

Enochs et al. 2014

No effect

 

No effect

   

Godinot et al. 2011

No effect

No effect

 

No effect

No effect

No effect

Hii et al. 2009

 

 

Hii et al. 2009

 

+

+

+

 

Hoadley et al. 2016

+

No effect

  

No effect

 

Hoadley et al. 2016

No effect

No effect

  

No effect

 

Horwitz and Fine 2014

    

Horwitz and Fine 2014

    

No effect

No effect

Houlbreque et al. 2012

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Kanieswska et al. 2012

 

No effect

 

Krief et al. 2010

  

 

 

Krueger et al. 2017

No effect

+

No effect

No effect

No effect

 

Langdon and Aktinson 2005

 

+

   

Leclercq et al. 2002

 

No effect

+

  

Marubini et al. 2008

No effect

  

No effect

 

Mason 2018

    

 

Noonan and Fabricius 2015

+

+

 

No effect

 

+

Noonan and Fabricius 2015

+

No effect

 

No effect

 

No effect

Ogawa et al. 2013

No effect

   

No effect

 

Ohki et al. 2013

No effect

 

   

Reynaud et al. 2003

 

No effect

No effect

+ (CSD)

No effect

Rodolfo-Metalpa et al. 2011

  

+

   

Rodolfo-Metalpa et al. 2010

 

No effect

No effect

No effect

+

+

Rodolfo-Metalpa et al. 2010

 

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

Schoepf et al. 2013

  

 

No effect

Schoepf et al. 2013

  

No effect

 

No effect

Schoepf et al. 2013

  

No effect

 

No effect

No effect

Suggett et al. 2013

 

+

No effect

  

Takahashi et al. 2013

 

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

 

Tremblay et al. 2013

 

 

No effect

Wall et al. 2017

  

No effect

 

No effect

No effect

Suggett et al. 2012

No effect (anemone)

+ (anemone)

 

+ (anemone)

+ (anemone)

 

Towanda and Thuesen 2012

 

+ (anemone)

 

+ (anemone)

+ (anemone)

 
  1. Results published in 36 studies documenting no effect, positive (+) or negative (−) significant effects for different coral traits. See Supplementary Information for references.
  2. CSD cell specific density.