A short-term in situ CO 2 enrichment experiment on Heron Island (GBR)

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Connell, Sean D., Kirkwood, Bill J., Brewer, Peter, Peltzer, Edward, Silverman, Jack, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Dove, Sophie, Mitchell, B. Greg, Monismith, Stephen G., Koseff, Jeffrey R., Dunbar, Robert B., Caldeira, Ken, Kline, David I., Teneva, Lida, Schneider, Kenneth, Miard, Thomas, Chai, Aaron, Marker, Malcolm, Headley, Kent, Opdyke, Brad, Nash, Merinda, Valetich, Matthew, Caves, Jeremy K., Russell, Bayden D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Heron Island; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00413; http://hdl.handle.net/10722/213245

Ocean acidification poses multiple challenges for coral reefs on molecular to ecological scales, yet previous experimental studies of the impact of projected CO 2 concentrations have mostly been done in aquarium systems with corals removed from their natural ecosystem and placed under artificial lig...