Ocean acidification causes ecosystem shifts via altered competitive interactions

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-159

  Kroeker, Kristy J ^a   Micheli, Fiorenza ^a   Gambi, Maria Cristina ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CALCAREOUS ALGA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEAWEED; SHELL; SKELETON; SUCCESSION;

EID: 84873201730     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1680     Document Type: Article

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