Shifts in coral reef biogeochemistry and resulting acidification linked to offshore productivity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 47, 2015, Pages 14512-14517

  Yeakel, Kiley L ^a   Andersson, Andreas J ^a,b   Bates, Nicholas R ^b,c   Noyes, Timothy J ^b   Collins, Andrew ^b   Garley, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Calcification; Coral reef; NAO; Ocean acidification

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; SEA WATER; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; BERMUDA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIFICATION; CARBON DYNAMICS; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORAL REEF; HETEROTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WINTER; BIOCHEMISTRY;

BIOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; CORAL REEFS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION;

EID: 84948138071     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1507021112     Document Type: Article

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