Growth and Calcification of Reef-Building Coralline Algae and Their Response to Ocean Acidification

• Main Author: Lewis, Bonnie Emma
• Other Authors: Guillermo Diaz-Pulido, Jacinta Zalucki
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Griffith University 2016
• Subjects: Coralline algae; Mg-calcite skeleton; Reef building algae; Ocean acidification; Reefs and ocean warming; Griffith
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366854

Coralline algae play a central role in tropical reef ecology helping to build and stabilise the reef framework. Due to their high Mg-calcite skeleton, coralline algae are also one of the most sensitive marine calcifying organisms to ocean acidification, and potential indicators for assessing the imp...