Alterations in seawater pH and CO2 affect calcification and photosynthesis in the tropical coralline alga, Hydrolithon sp. (Rhodophyta)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-341

  Semesi, I Sware ^a,b   Kangwe, Juma ^c   Björk, Mats ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

calcification; CO2; coralline algae; Hydrolithon sp., pH; photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL LAGOON; GREEN ALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RED ALGA; RHODOLITH; SEAGRASS; SEAWATER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CHLOROPHYTA; CORALLINACEAE; HYDROLITHON; RHODOPHYTA; ULVA;

EID: 68949101332     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.03.038     Document Type: Article

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