Ecological effects of ocean acidification and habitat complexity on reef-associated macroinvertebrate communities

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1775, 2013, Pages

  Fabricius, K E ^a   De'ath, G ^a   Noonan, S ^a   Uthicke, S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Habitat quality; pH; Reef structural complexity; Reef associated macroinvertebrate fauna; Scleractinian coral cover

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DRUG ANALYSIS; SEA WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PH; POPULATION DECLINE; TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; HABITAT QUALITY; INVERTEBRATE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REEF STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; REEF-ASSOCIATED MACROINVERTEBRATE FAUNA; SCLERACTINIAN CORAL COVER; SEA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HABITAT QUALITY; PH; REEF STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; REEF-ASSOCIATED MACROINVERTEBRATE FAUNA; SCLERACTINIAN CORAL COVER;

ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEFS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INVERTEBRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84902670124     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2479     Document Type: Article

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