Greenhouse conditions induce mineralogical changes and dolomite accumulation in coralline algae on tropical reefs

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Diaz Pulido, Guillermo ^a   Nash, Merinda C ^b   Anthony, Kenneth R N ^c   Bender, Dorothea ^d   Opdyke, Bradley N ^b   Reyes Nivia, Catalina ^d   Troitzsch, Ulrike ^b  

^a School of Earth Sciences   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DOLOMITE; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; CORALLINE ALGA; DISSOLUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MINERALOGY; NONHUMAN; POROLITHON ONKODES; SURFACE PROPERTY; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; SEA;

ALGAE;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CORAL REEFS; MAGNESIUM; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER;

EID: 84946226078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4310     Document Type: Article

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