Corals sustain growth but not skeletal density across the Florida Keys Reef Tract despite ongoing warming
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Skeletal density and growth form of corals
This paper explores inter-specific variation in the density of coral skeletons. I present new data on the porosity of 7 species of reef-building scleractinians, and briefly review 20 previous studies on approximately 23 addihonal corals. Although the total number of species examined so far is still small, the review reveals a consistent pattern of skeletal density among different morphological ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Change Biology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1354-1013,1365-2486
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14422