Scleractinian coral species survive and recover from decalcification

Maoz Fine*, Dan Tchernov

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

When seawater pH drops by 0.7 units, stony corals can survive for months as soft bodies lacking skeletons and then recalcify as the pH normalizes.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)1811
Number of pages1
JournalScience
Volume315
Issue number5820
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Mar 2007

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