Inorganic carbon physiology underpins macroalgal responses to elevated CO2

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Cornwall, Christopher E ^a,b   Revill, Andrew T ^c   Hall Spencer, Jason M ^d,e   Milazzo, Marco ^f   Raven, John A ^b,g   Hurd, Catriona L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ITALY; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SEAWEED;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ITALY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; SEAWEED;

EID: 85017582231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep46297     Document Type: Article

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