End of the Century pCO2 Levels Do Not Impact Calcification in Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Maier, Cornelia ^a,b   Schubert, Alexander ^a,b   Berzunza Sànchez, Maria M ^a,b   Weinbauer, Markus G ^a,b   Watremez, Pierre ^c   Gattuso, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Mission pour le parc marin de la Cote Vermeille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; MADREPORA OCULATA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NET CALCIFICATION RATE; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; PH MEASUREMENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; COLD; ECOSYSTEM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTHOZOA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; MADREPORA OCULATA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEAWATER;

EID: 84876966044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062655     Document Type: Article

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