Coral Energy Reserves and Calcification in a High-CO2 World at Two Temperatures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Schoepf, Verena ^a   Grottoli, Andréa G ^a   Warner, Mark E ^b   Cai, Wei Jun ^b,c   Melman, Todd F ^d   Hoadley, Kenneth D ^b   Pettay, D Tye ^b   Hu, Xinping ^c,e   Li, Qian ^c,f   Xu, Hui ^c,g   Wang, Yongchen ^c   Matsui, Yohei ^a   Baumann, Justin H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Reef Systems Coral Farm   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^f XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL A; SEA WATER;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY RESERVE; FEEDING; MONTIPORA MONASTERIATA; NONHUMAN; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURBINARIA RENIFORMIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORAL REEFS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84885411563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075049     Document Type: Article

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