Attributing reductions in coral calcification to the saturation state of aragonite, comments on the effects of persistent natural acidification

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Iglesias Prieto, Roberto ^a   Galindo Martínez, Claudia Tatiana ^a   Enríquez, Susana ^a   Carricart Ganivet, Juan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ATTENUATION; CALCIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONDUCTANCE; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; LETTER; LIGHT SCATTERING; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEA LEVEL RISE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84892934433     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318521111     Document Type: Letter

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