Will human-induced changes in seawater chemistry alter the distribution of deep-sea scleractinian corals?

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 141-146

  Guinotte, John M ^a,b   Orr, James ^c   Cairns, Stephen ^d   Freiwald, Andre ^e   Morgan, Lance ^a   George, Robert ^f  

^a Marine Conservation Biology Institute   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f George Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CORAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SEAWATER;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 33646227808     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2006)004[0141:WHCISC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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