PMID- 28988853
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20171201
LR  - 20171201
IS  - 1879-0291 (Electronic)
IS  - 0141-1136 (Linking)
VI  - 131
DP  - 2017 Oct
TI  - Ecological performance of construction materials subject to ocean climate change.
PG  - 177-182
LID - S0141-1136(17)30459-2 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.09.011 [doi]
AB  - Artificial structures will be increasingly utilized to protect coastal 
      infrastructure from sea-level rise and storms associated with climate change. 
      Although it is well documented that the materials comprising artificial 
      structures influence the composition of organisms that use them as habitat, 
      little is known about how these materials may chemically react with changing 
      seawater conditions, and what effects this will have on associated biota. We 
      investigated the effects of ocean warming, acidification, and type of coastal 
      infrastructure material on algal turfs. Seawater acidification resulted in 
      greater covers of turf, though this effect was counteracted by elevated 
      temperatures. Concrete supported a greater cover of turf than granite or 
      high-density polyethylene (HDPE) under all temperature and pH treatments, with 
      the greatest covers occurring under simulated ocean acidification. Furthermore, 
      photosynthetic efficiency under acidification was greater on concrete substratum 
      compared to all other materials and treatment combinations. These results 
      demonstrate the capacity to maximise ecological benefits whilst still meeting 
      local management objectives when engineering coastal defense structures by 
      selecting materials that are appropriate in an ocean change context. Therefore, 
      mitigation efforts to offset impacts from sea-level rise and storms can also be 
      engineered to alter, or even reduce, the effects of climatic change on biological 
      assemblages.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Davis, Kay L
AU  - Davis KL
AD  - National Marine Science Centre & Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry Research, 
      School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Coffs 
      Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address: 
      k.davis.30@student.scu.edu.au.
FAU - Coleman, Melinda A
AU  - Coleman MA
AD  - National Marine Science Centre & Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry Research, 
      School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Coffs 
      Harbour, New South Wales, Australia; New South Wales Fisheries, Department of 
      Primary Industries, PO Box 4321, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
FAU - Connell, Sean D
AU  - Connell SD
AD  - Southern Seas Ecology Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences & Environment 
      Institute, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
FAU - Russell, Bayden D
AU  - Russell BD
AD  - The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The 
      University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
FAU - Gillanders, Bronwyn M
AU  - Gillanders BM
AD  - Southern Seas Ecology Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences & Environment 
      Institute, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
FAU - Kelaher, Brendan P
AU  - Kelaher BP
AD  - National Marine Science Centre & Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry Research, 
      School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Coffs 
      Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170920
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Environ Res
JT  - Marine environmental research
JID - 9882895
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Climate Change
MH  - Construction Materials/*analysis
MH  - Materials Testing
MH  - Oceans and Seas
MH  - Polyethylene
MH  - Seawater/*chemistry
MH  - Water Pollutants/*analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Climate change
OT  - Filamentous algae
OT  - Marine infrastructure
OT  - Ocean acidification
OT  - Ocean warming
EDAT- 2017/10/11 06:00
MHDA- 2017/12/02 06:00
CRDT- 2017/10/10 06:00
PHST- 2017/07/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/09/08 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/09/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/10/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/12/02 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/10/10 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0141-1136(17)30459-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.09.011 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Environ Res. 2017 Oct;131:177-182. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.09.011. Epub 
      2017 Sep 20.