Bicarbonate addition promotes coral growth

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 716-720

  Marubini, F ^a   Thake, B ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CORAL; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIMITING FACTOR; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; PORITES PORITES;

EID: 0032950019     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.3.0716     Document Type: Article

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