Diel Variability in Seawater pH Relates to Calcification and Benthic Community Structure on Coral Reefs
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Diel Variability in Seawater pH Relates to Calcification and Benthic Community Structure on Coral Reefs
Community structure and assembly are determined in part by environmental heterogeneity. While reef-building corals respond negatively to warming (i.e. bleaching events) and ocean acidification (OA), the extent of present-day natural variability in pH on shallow reefs and ecological consequences for benthic assemblages is unknown. We documented high resolution temporal patterns in temperature an...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043843