Southern Ocean acidification: A tipping point at 450-ppm atmospheric CO2

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 48, 2008, Pages 18860-18864

  McNeil, Ben I ^a   Matear, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Climate change

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTARCTICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIMACINA HELICINA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PH; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES; WINTER;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANKTON; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

ANTHOZOA; LIMACINA HELICINA; PTEROPODA;

EID: 57049141730     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806318105     Document Type: Article

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