Suppression of skeletal growth in scleractinian corals by decreasing ambient carbonate-ion concentration: A cross-family comparison

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1511, 2003, Pages 179-184

  Marubini, Francesca ^a   Ferrier Pages, Christine ^a   Cuif, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Calcification; Carbon dioxide; Carbonate ion concentration; Fibre microstructure; Hermatypic corals

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CALCIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; GROWTH;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BONE GROWTH; CALCIFICATION; CORAL REEF; CRYSTALLIZATION; NONHUMAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA VERWEYI; ANTHOZOA; CACTACEAE; GALAXEA FASCICULARIS; INVERTEBRATA; PAVONA; PAVONA CACTUS; SCLERACTINIA; TURBINARIA RENIFORMIS;

EID: 0037460224     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2212     Document Type: Article

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