In situ changes of tropical crustose coralline algae along carbon dioxide gradients

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Fabricius, K E ^a   Kluibenschedl, A ^a,b   Harrington, L ^c   Noonan, S ^a   De'Ath, G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER;

CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; RED ALGA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RHODOPHYTA; SEAWATER;

EID: 84926483805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09537     Document Type: Article

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