Coral reefs on the edge? Carbon chemistry on inshore reefs of the great barrier reef

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Uthicke, Sven ^a   Furnas, Miles ^a   Lønborg, Christian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; INORGANIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CARBON DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; PH; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM;

ANTHOZOA;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84907810673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109092     Document Type: Article

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