Coral calcification under daily oxygen saturation and pH dynamics reveals the important role of oxygen

Coral reefs are essential to many nations, and are currently in global decline. Although climate models predict decreases in seawater pH (∼0.3 units) and oxygen saturation (∼5 percentage points), these are exceeded by the current daily pH and oxygen fluctuations on many reefs (pH 7.8–8.7 and 27–241%...

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Main Authors: Tim Wijgerde, Catarina I. F. Silva, Vera Scherders, Judith van Bleijswijk, Ronald Osinga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2014-05-01
Series:Biology Open
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Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/3/6/489