Effects of naturally acidified seawater on seagrass calcareous epibionts

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 689-692

  Martin, Sophie ^a,b,e   Rodolfo Metalpa, Riccardo ^c   Ransome, Emma ^c   Rowley, Sonia ^c   Buia, Maria Christina ^d   Gattuso, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Hall Spencer, Jason ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^e INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Acidification; Calcareous epibionts; Carbonate production; CO2; Coralline algae

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ALGA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PH; SEAGRASS;

ACIDIFICATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BRYOZOA; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; COASTAL WATERS; CORALLINE ALGA; EPIBIONT; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAGRASS; SPECIES HABITAT;

ALGAE; BRYOZOA;

EID: 58149234988     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0412     Document Type: Article

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