Diurnal fluctuations in seawater pH influence the response of a calcifying macroalga to ocean acidification

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1772, 2013, Pages

  Cornwall, Christopher E ^a,d   Hepburn, Christopher D ^a   Mcgraw, Christina M ^a,b   Currie, Kim I ^a   Pilditch, Conrad A ^c   Hunter, Keith A ^a   Boyd, Philip W ^a,d   Hurd, Catriona L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coralline macroalgae; Environmental heterogeneity; Natural pH fluctuations; Ocean acidification; Temperate rocky reefs

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; KELP FOREST; MACROALGA; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEAWATER; TIME SERIES; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTHROCARDIA CORYMBOSA;

EID: 84885211409     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2201     Document Type: Article

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