Yes - Coral calcification rates have decreased in the last twenty-five years!

Marine Geology

Volumn 346, Issue , 2013, Pages 400-402

  De'ath, Glenn ^a   Fabricius, Katharina ^a   Lough, Janice ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcification; Climate change; Corals; Great Barrier Reef

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84887622758     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.09.008     Document Type: Note

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