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SUBMITTER: Fantazzini P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4518299 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20150717
Ocean acidification is predicted to impact ecosystems reliant on calcifying organisms, potentially reducing the socioeconomic benefits these habitats provide. Here we investigate the acclimation potential of stony corals living along a pH gradient caused by a Mediterranean CO2 vent that serves as a natural long-term experimental setting. We show that in response to reduced skeletal mineralization at lower pH, corals increase their skeletal macroporosity (features >10 μm) in order to maintain con ...[more]