Biodiversity and ecosystems: Acid ocean cover up
Abstract
The response to ocean acidification varies widely among, and even within, calcifying taxa. A study sheds light on this perplexing variability by quantifying the role of external organic layers in protecting calcified structures from corrosive sea water.
- Publication:
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Nature Climate Change
- Pub Date:
- September 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1038/nclimate1204
- Bibcode:
- 2011NatCC...1..294R