Cascading Effects of Ocean Acidification in a Rocky Subtidal Community

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Asnaghi, Valentina ^a,b   Chiantore, Mariachiara ^a   Mangialajo, Luisa ^b   Gazeau, Frédéric ^c,d   Francour, Patrice ^b   Alliouane, Samir ^c,d   Gattuso, Jean Pierre ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; ALGA; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORALINA ELONGATA; CYSTOSEIRA AMENTACEA; DICTYOTA DICHOTOMA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; PREDATION; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; SEA URCHINS;

ALGAE; CORALLINA ELONGATA; CYSTOSEIRA AMENTACEA; DICTYOTA DICHOTOMA; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 84876198215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061978     Document Type: Article

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