Sensitivity of calcification to thermal stress varies among genera of massive reef-building corals

• Main Authors: Juan P. Carricart Ganivet, Nancy Cabanillas Terán, Israel Cruz-Ortega, Paul Blanchon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/Tesauro/Arrecifes de coral;Calcificación;Porites astreoides;Montastraea faveolata;Montastraea franksi;Calentamiento global; info:eu-repo/classification/Tesauro/Coral reefs;Calcification;Porites astreoides;Montastraea faveolata;Montastraea franksi;Global warming; info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2; info:eu-repo/classification/cti/24; Inglés; Pacific; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://ecosur.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1017/1196

Resumen en inglés: "Reductions in calcification in reef-building corals occur when thermal conditions are suboptimal, but it is unclear how they vary between genera in response to the same thermal stress event. Using densitometry techniques, we investigate reductions in the calcification rate o...