Net loss of CaCO3 from coral reef communities
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Net loss of CaCO3 from coral reef communities due to human induced seawater acidification A. J. Andersson, I. B. Kuffner, F. T. Mackenzie, P. L. Jokiel, K. S. Rodgers, and A. Tan Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, St. George’s, Bermuda US Geological Survey, Florida Integrated Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, USA Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, HI, USA Received: 31 December 2008 – Accepted: 8 January 2009 – Published: Correspondence to: A. J. Andersson ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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