Changes in pH at the exterior surface of plankton with ocean acidification

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 510-513

  Flynn, Kevin J ^a   Blackford, Jerry C ^b   Baird, Mark E ^c   Raven, John A ^d   Clark, Darren R ^b   Beardall, John ^e   Brownlee, Colin ^f   Fabian, Heiner ^a   Wheeler, Glen L ^b,f  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; SEAWATER;

EID: 84863009881     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1489     Document Type: Article

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