Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Horwitz R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5220319 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Horwitz Rael R Hoogenboom Mia O MO Fine Maoz M
Scientific reports 20170109
Climate change, including ocean acidification (OA), represents a major threat to coral-reef ecosystems. Although previous experiments have shown that OA can negatively affect the fitness of reef corals, these have not included the long-term effects of competition for space on coral growth rates. Our multispecies year-long study subjected reef-building corals from the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea) to competitive interactions under present-day ocean pH (pH 8.1) and predicted end-of-century ocean pH (pH ...[more]