Anthropogenic changes to seawater buffer capacity combined with natural reef metabolism induce extreme future coral reef CO2 conditions

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1632-1641

  Shaw, Emily C ^a   Mcneil, Ben I ^a   Tilbrook, Bronte ^b,c   Matear, Richard ^b   Bates, Michael L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aragonite saturation; Carbon dioxide; Coral reefs; Great Barrier Reef; Ocean acidification; Revelle factor

Indexed keywords

ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BUFFERING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE SYSTEM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; DIURNAL VARIATION; METABOLISM; SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; METABOLISM; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACIDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEFS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; QUEENSLAND; SEAWATER;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84875836158     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12154     Document Type: Article

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