Reversal of ocean acidification enhances net coral reef calcification

Nature

Volumn 531, Issue 7594, 2016, Pages 362-365

  Albright, Rebecca ^a   Caldeira, Lilian ^a   Hosfelt, Jessica ^b   Kwiatkowski, Lester ^a   Maclaren, Jana K ^a,c   Mason, Benjamin M ^d   Nebuchina, Yana ^a   Ninokawa, Aaron ^b   Pongratz, Julia ^a,e   Ricke, Katharine L ^a,f   Rivlin, Tanya ^g,h   Schneider, Kenneth ^a,h   Sesboüé, Marine ^a   Shamberger, Kathryn ^i,j   Silverman, Jacob ^k   Wolfe, Kennedy ^l   Zhu, Kai ^a,c,m   Caldeira, Ken ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^f Cornell University   (United States)

^g The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^h HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

ⁱ WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^j TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Israel of Oceanographic and Limnological Research   (Israel)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^m RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COLORING AGENT; SEA WATER;

ACCRETION; ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIVALVE; CALCIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORAL REEF; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE POLLUTION; SEAWATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; CRAB; EBB TIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAGOON; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BONE MINERALIZATION; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PH;

ANTHOZOA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OSTREIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON CYCLE; COLORING AGENTS; CORAL REEFS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84982142865     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature17155     Document Type: Article

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