Ocean acidification bends the mermaid's wineglass

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Newcomb, Laura A ^a,b   Milazzo, Marco ^c   Hall Spencer, Jason M ^d   Carrington, Emily ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetabularia acetabulum; Calcification; Mechanical performance; Seaweed; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CORAL; GREEN ALGA; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOLLUSC; SEAWEED; SKELETON; STIFFNESS; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

ITALY;

ACETABULARIA ACETABULUM; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CHLOROPHYTA; MOLLUSCA;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER;

ACETABULARIA; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSIOLOGY; VOLCANO;

ACETABULARIA; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEAWATER; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 84941584533     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.1075     Document Type: Article

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