High CO2 enhances the competitive strength of seaweeds over corals

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-162

  Diaz Pulido, Guillermo ^a,b   Gouezo, Marine ^b   Tilbrook, Bronte ^c   Dove, Sophie ^b   Anthony, Kenneth R N ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Coral reefs; Coral algal competition; Macroalgae; Ocean acidification

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ACROPORA INTERMEDIA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BROWN ALGA; CHEMISTRY; CORAL REEF; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PH; SEAWEED;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORAL REEFS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHAEOPHYTA; QUEENSLAND; SEAWEED;

EID: 78751682537     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01565.x     Document Type: Article

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