Skeletal trade-offs in coralline algae in response to ocean acidification

S. J. McCoy () and F. Ragazzola
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S. J. McCoy: The University of Chicago
F. Ragazzola: University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road Clifton B38 1RJ, UK

Nature Climate Change, 2014, vol. 4, issue 8, 719-723

Abstract: Crustose coralline algae (CCA) are potential ‘poster children’ of ocean acidification stress, yet their stress responses have been poorly studied in a natural or ecological context. Now, a comparison of historical and modern specimens from a site with a declining pH trend over a 30-year period reveals trade-offs in skeletal traits tied to calcium carbonate use in response to ocean acidification in four CCA species.

Date: 2014
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