Threatened Caribbean coral is able to mitigate the adverse effects of ocean acidification on calcification by increasing feeding rate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Towle, Erica K ^a   Enochs, Ian C ^a,b   Langdon, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; CARBON METABOLISM; CARIBBEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; TEMPERATURE STRESS; WATER TEMPERATURE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EATING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; TEMPERATURE;

ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ANTHOZOA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; LIPID;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; CARIBBEAN REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEFS; EATING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPIDS; OCEANS AND SEAS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84928920212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123394     Document Type: Article

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