Effects of ocean acidification on the brown alga Padina pavonica: decalcification due to acute and chronic events.

Since the industrial revolution, anthropogenic CO₂ emissions have caused ocean acidification, which particularly affects calcified organisms. Given the fan-like calcified fronds of the brown alga Padina pavonica, we evaluated the acute (short-term) effects of a sudden pH drop due to a submarine volc...

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Main Authors: Teba Gil-Díaz, Ricardo Haroun, Fernando Tuya, Séfora Betancor, María A Viera-Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4182500?pdf=render