Corals concentrate dissolved inorganic carbon to facilitate calcification

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Allison, Nicola ^a   Cohen, Itay ^b   Finch, Adrian A ^a   Erez, Jonathan ^c   Tudhope, Alexander W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Interuniversity Institute of Eilat   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; RUTHENIUM RED; SEA WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ARAGONITE; BICARBONATE; BIOMINERALIZATION; BORON; CALCIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PH; RECONSTRUCTION; SEAWATER; SKELETON;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CORAL; CORAL REEF; PH; PRECIPITATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BICARBONATES; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SEAWATER;

EID: 84923300937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6741     Document Type: Article

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