Environmental implications of skeletal micro-density and porosity variation in two scleractinian corals

Zoology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 255-264

  Caroselli, Erik ^a   Prada, Fiorella ^a   Pasquini, Luca ^a   Marzano, Francesco Nonnis ^b   Zaccanti, Francesco ^a   Falini, Giuseppe ^a   Levy, Oren ^c   Dubinsky, Zvy ^c   Goffredo, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coral skeletons; Mediterranean sea; Sea surface temperature; Skeletal density; Temperate corals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BONE MINERALIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TEMPERATURE;

ANTHOZOA; BALANOPHYLLIA EUROPAEA; LEPTOPSAMMIA PRUVOTI; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 80053447734     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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