Assessing the risk of ocean acidification for scleractinian corals on the Great Barrier Reef

• Main Author: Lloyd, AJ
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Ocean acidification; Climate change; Coral bleaching; Photorespiration; Symbiodinium; Great Barrier Reef; Queensland; Lizard Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/29243

University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Science. Ocean acidification will impact the photo-physiology of reef-building corals as it can lead to dysfunction of the symbiosis and loss of productivity. The major objective of this thesis was to provide insight into the mechanism of CO₂₋induced blea...