Coral calcifying fluid pH is modulated by seawater carbonate chemistry not solely seawater pH

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 284, Issue 1847, 2017, Pages

  Comeau, S ^a,b   Tambutte E ^c,d   Carpenter, R C ^a   Edmunds, P J ^a   Evensen, N R ^a,e   Allemand, D ^c,d   Ferrier Pages C ^c,d   Tambutte S ^c,d   Venn, A A ^c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcification; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Ocean acidification; Protons; Total alkalinity

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLUID COMPOSITION; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION; PH; SEAWATER; SKELETON;

ANTHOZOA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; CORAL REEF; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CARBONATES; CORAL REEFS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SEAWATER;

EID: 85011085597     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1669     Document Type: Article

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