Diel Variability in Seawater pH Relates to Calcification and Benthic Community Structure on Coral Reefs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Price, Nichole N ^a   Martz, Todd R ^a   Brainard, Russell E ^b   Smith, Jennifer E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CALCIFICATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PH; SEASONAL VARIATION; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CORAL REEFS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISLANDS; PERIODICITY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84865488521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043843     Document Type: Article

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