Ocean2100 aquarium
Coral reefs belong to the ecosystems most affected by climate change. Stony corals, the organisms that build the coral reef structure, are particularly susceptible to global warming and marine heat waves. Additional stressors, such as ocean acidification and pollution, amplify the effects of heat stress on corals. We use the Ocean2100 coral aquarium facility as a global change simulator to study the effects of single and combined global change stressors, including marine heat waves, ocean acidification, and microplastic pollution. We are particularly interested in how natural variability of temperature and pH on short and long time scales shape the organismal tolerance to stress events.
Image: Overview of large experimental coral aquarium system.
Highlighted publications
- Martins, C.; Ziegler, M.; Schubert, P.; Wilke, T.; Wall, M. (2024) Effects of water flow and ocean acidification on oxygen and pH gradients in coral boundary layer. Scientific Reports 14:12757. Full text
- Puntin, G.; Craggs, J.; Hayden, R.; Engelhardt, K.E.; McIlroy, S.; Sweet, M.; Baker, D.M.; Ziegler, M. (2022): The reef-building coral Galaxea fascicularis: a new model system for coral symbiosis research. Coral Reefs, 42, 239–252. Full text
- Reichert, J.; Arnold, A.L.; Hammer, N.; Miller, I.B.; Rades, M.; Schubert, P.; Ziegler, M.; Wilke, T. (2022): Reef-building corals act as long-term sink for microplastic. Global Change Biology, 28, 33-45.
- Martins, C.P.P.; Arnold, A.L.; Kömpf, K.; Schubert, P.; Ziegler, M.; Wilke, T.; Reichert, J. (2022): Growth Response of Reef-Building Corals to Ocean Acidification Is Mediated by Interplay of Taxon-Specific Physiological Parameters. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 872631.
- Ziegler, M.; Anton, A.; Klein, S.G.; Rädecker, N.; Geraldi, N.R.; Schmidt-Roach, S.; Saderne, V.; Mumby, P.J.; Cziesielski, M.J.; Martin, C.; Frölicher, T.L.; Pandolfi, J.M.; Suggett, D.J.; Aranda, M.; Duarte, C.M.; Voolstra, C.R. (2021): Integrating environmental variability to broaden the research on coral responses to future ocean conditions. Global Change Biology, 27, 5532-5546.
- Reichert, J.; Tirpitz, V.; Anand, R.; Bach, K.; Knopp, J.; Schubert, P.; Wilke, T.; Ziegler, M. (2021): Interactive effects of microplastic pollution and heat stress on reef-building corals. Environmental Pollution, 290, 118010.
- Klein, S.G.; Geraldi, N.R.; Anton, A.; Schmidt-Roach, S.; Ziegler, M.; Cziesielski, M.J.; Martin, C.; Rädecker, N.; Frölicher, T.L.; Mumby, P.J.; Pandolfi, J.M.; Suggett, D.J.; Voolstra, C.R.; Aranda, M.; Duarte, C.M. (2021): Projecting coral responses to intensifying marine heatwaves under ocean acidification. Global Change Biology, in press
- Barreto, M.M.; Ziegler, M.; Venn, A.; Tambutté, E.; Zoccola, D.; Tambutté, S.; Allemand, D.; Antony, C.P.; Voolstra, C.R.; Aranda, M. (2021): Effects of Ocean Acidification on Resident and Active Microbial Communities of Stylophora pistillata. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12