Microelectrode characterization of coral daytime interior pH and carbonate chemistry

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Cai, Wei Jun ^a,b   Ma, Yuening ^a,b   Hopkinson, Brian M ^b   Grottoli, Andréa G ^c   Warner, Mark E ^a   Ding, Qian ^b,d   Hu, Xinping ^b,e   Yuan, Xiangchen ^b,f   Schoepf, Verena ^c,g   Xu, Hui ^b,d,h   Han, Chenhua ^b,d,i   Melman, Todd F ^j   Hoadley, Kenneth D ^a   Pettay, D Tye ^a   Matsui, Yohei ^c   Baumann, Justin H ^c   Levas, Stephen ^c   Ying, Ye ^d   Wang, Yongchen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^f SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^j Reef Systems Coral Farm   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; PROTON; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACIDIFICATION; ANION; ARAGONITE; CALCIFICATION; CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRODE; PH; SATURATION;

ACIDIFICATION; ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; DIFFUSION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; ORBICELLA FAVEOLATA; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TURBINARIA RENIFORMIS; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CHEMISTRY;

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARBONATES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROELECTRODES;

EID: 84962669532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11144     Document Type: Article

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