Inferred level of calcification decreases along an increasing temperature gradient in a Mediterranean endemic coral

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 930-937

  Goffredo, Stefano ^a   Caroselli, Erik ^a   Mattioli, Guido ^b   Pignotti, Elettra ^c   Dubinsky, Zvy ^d   Zaccanti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Porretta Terme   (Italy)

^c Marine and Freshwater Science Group Association   (Italy)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIODIVERSITY; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CORAL; DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SKELETON; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BALANOPHYLLIA EUROPAEA;

EID: 66149155444     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.3.0930     Document Type: Article

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