The most temperature-adapted corals have an Achilles' Heel

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 246-250

  Purkis, S J ^a   Renegar, D A ^a   Riegl, B M ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral habitat; Global change; Marine hardground; Persian Arabian Gulf

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES' HEEL; ATMOSPHERIC CO; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COLONISATION; CORAL HABITAT; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GULF WATERS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE HARDGROUND; PERSIAN/ARABIAN GULF; SATURATION STATE; SHALLOW SEA; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; WATER TEMPERATURES;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; GLOBAL WARMING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; COLONIZATION; CORAL; GLOBAL OCEAN; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT USE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SPECIES HABITAT; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79751531307     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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