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SUBMITTER: DeCarlo TM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5966609 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
DeCarlo T M TM Comeau S S Cornwall C E CE McCulloch M T MT
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20180501 1878
Ocean acidification threatens the persistence of biogenic calcium carbonate (CaCO<sub>3</sub>) production on coral reefs. However, some coral genera show resistance to declines in seawater pH, potentially achieved by modulating the chemistry of the fluid where calcification occurs. We use two novel geochemical techniques based on boron systematics and Raman spectroscopy, which together provide the first constraints on the sensitivity of coral calcifying fluid calcium concentrations ([Formula: se ...[more]