Detrimental effects of ocean acidification on the economically important Mediterranean red coral (Corallium rubrum)

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1897-1908

  Bramanti, L ^a,b   Movilla, J ^b   Guron, M ^c   Calvo, E ^b   Gori, A ^d   Dominguez Carrio C ^b   Grinyo J ^b   Lopez Sanz, A ^b   Martinez Quintana, A ^b   Pelejero, C ^b,e   Ziveri, P ^c,f   Rossi, S ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biochemical balance; Calcification; Climate change; Mediterranean red coral; Metabolic effects of ocean acidification; Ocean acidification

Indexed keywords

ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; METABOLISM; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; SOLUBILITY; SPICULE;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OCEANS AND SEAS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; CORALLIUM RUBRUM;

EID: 84877019205     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12171     Document Type: Article

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