Carbon-use strategies in macroalgae: Differential responses to lowered ph and implications for ocean acidification

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-144

  Cornwall, Christopher E ^a   Hepburn, Christopher D ^a   Pritchard, Daniel ^a   Currie, Kim I ^a   Mcgraw, Christina M ^a   Hunter, Keith A ^a   Hurd, Catriona L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bicarbonate; Carbon acquisition; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Dissolved inorganic carbon; HCl; Macroalgae; Ocean acidification; PH drift; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856420344     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01085.x     Document Type: Article

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