On the potential for ocean acidification to be a general cause of ancient reef crises

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-67

  Kiessling, Wolfgang ^a   Simpson, Carl ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mass extinctions; Ocean acidification; Phanerozoic; Reefs

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; PHANEROZOIC; PHYSIOLOGY; REEF;

ANTHOZOA; METAZOA;

EID: 78649797449     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02204.x     Document Type: Article

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