Calcification rates and the effect of ocean acidification on Mediterranean cold-water corals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1734, 2012, Pages 1716-1723

  Maier, C ^a,b   Watremez, P ^c   Taviani, M ^d,e   Weinbauer, M G ^a,b   Gattuso, J P ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Agence des Aires Marines Protégées Quai de la Douane   (France)

^d ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Cold water coral; Desmophyllum dianthus; Lophelia pertusa; Madrepora oculata; Ocean acidification

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLD WATER; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAWATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; DESMOPHYLLUM DIANTHUS; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; MADREPORA OCULATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84858777510     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1763     Document Type: Article

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