Ocean acidification and warming decrease calcification in the crustose coralline alga Hydrolithon onkodes and increase susceptibility to grazing

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 434-435, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-101

  Johnson, Maggie D ^a   Carpenter, Robert C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Climate change; Crustose coralline algae; Herbivory; Hydrolithon onkodes; Ocean acidification

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CALCIFICATION; CARBON EMISSION; CORAL REEF; CORALLINE ALGA; ECHINODERM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ECHINOIDEA; ECHINOTRIX DIADEMA; HYDROLITHON ONKODES;

EID: 84865650294     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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