Pacific-wide contrast highlights resistance of reef calcifiers to ocean acidification

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1790, 2014, Pages

  Comeau, S ^a   Carpenter, R C ^a   Nojiri, Y ^b   Putnam, H M ^c   Sakai, K ^d   Edmunds, P J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcification; Calcifying alga; Coral; Ocean acidification; Pacific Ocean; Regional scale

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; CORAL REEF; METABOLISM; PACIFIC OCEAN; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RED ALGA; SEA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORAL REEFS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; RHODOPHYTA; SEAWATER;

EID: 84904670828     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1339     Document Type: Article

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