Ocean acidification affects coral growth by reducing skeletal density [Ecology]

Ocean acidification (OA) is considered an important threat to coral reef ecosystems, because it reduces the availability of carbonate ions that reef-building corals need to produce their skeletons. However, while theory predicts that coral calcification rates decline as carbonate ion concentrations decrease, this prediction is not consistently borne out in...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - February 20, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Nathaniel R. Mollica, Weifu Guo, Anne L. Cohen, Kuo-Fang Huang, Gavin L. Foster, Hannah K. Donald, Andrew R. Solow Tags: Physical Sciences Source Type: research