Geographic distance, sedimentation, and substrate shape cryptic crustose coralline algal assemblages in the world's largest subtropical intertidal algal reef.
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.16455
Abstract: Algal reefs, concreted by crustose coralline algae (CCA), are the main biotic reefs in temperate waters but rare in the subtropics and tropics. The world's largest known intertidal algal reef in the subtropics is the… read more here.
Keywords: algal reef; crustose coralline; reef; ecology ... See more keywords
pH Variability Exacerbates Effects of Ocean Acidification on a Caribbean Crustose Coralline Alga
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DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00150
Abstract: Crustose coralline algae (CCA) are among the most sensitive marine taxa to the pH changes predicted with ocean acidification (OA). However, many CCA exist in habitats where diel cycles in pH can surpass near-future OA… read more here.
Keywords: treatment; calcification rates; ocean acidification; calcification ... See more keywords