Ocean acidification reverses competition for space as habitats degrade

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  McCormick, Mark I ^a   Watson, Sue Ann ^a   Munday, Philip L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEA;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PERCIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84888316935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03280     Document Type: Article

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